New smartphone-based portable oxygen kit can provide consistent oxygen supply during disasters and medical emergencies

What is the News?

A Startup from India has developed a field-portable smart bag pack emergency oxygen concentrator called Oxygen Plus.

What is Oxygen Plus?

Oxygen Plus is a smartphone-based, field-portable oxygen concentrator that can provide consistent and cost-effective oxygen supply to communities during situations like medical emergencies and high altitude-related problems.

Designed by: GRS India, a Government of India recognized start-up with support from the North East Center For Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR), an autonomous organisation of the Department of Science and Technology(DST). 

What is the significance of this development?

During the recent Covid-19 pandemic, arranging oxygen for patients suffering from breathlessness had become a major challenge. 

Conventional oxygen support techniques for pulmonary, respiratory and trauma patients in community outreach were found to be time-consuming, costly and required sophisticated equipment and procedures. It was difficult to reach them in time of need, especially in remote areas.

Hence, the development of Oxygen plus will help in providing oxygen supply to remote areas like these, especially in situations of medical emergencies.

Source: This post is based on an article “New smartphone-based portable oxygen kit can provide consistent oxygen supply during disasters and medical emergencies” published in PIB on 25th March 2022.