The main demand of Corona patients from the beginning of Covid-19 is high oxygen flow. A corona patient needs 50-100 liters of oxygen per minute, which can only be provided through high flow nasal canola.
The market value of this canola is Tk 2-10 lakh. Like other countries in the world, various research institutes and engineering universities in Bangladesh are trying to produce low cost high flow nasal canola.
Recently the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Premier University (PU) has developed low cost high flow nasal canola. With this canola, it is possible to provide 50-70 liters of oxygen per minute to a corona patient. The concentration of this oxygen is 20-54 percent. Students Mohammad Mahfuzul Haque, Jitu Das and Nurul Aziz made the canola under the supervision of Tutan Chandra Mallick, Chairman, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
The High Flow Nasal Canola, made by the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, was displayed at the office of the Vice Chancellor of Premier University recently.
He said the country's hospitals were importing high-flow nasal canola from abroad at high prices to save the lives of Corona patients. As a result, the medical expenses of the patients were increasing a lot. So there was a need to make low cost high flow nasal canola using indigenous technology. Students of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Premier University have recently done a very important and commendable job in making such canola.
He thanked the teachers and students of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering for creating low cost high flow nasal canola.
Tutton Chandra Mallick, supervisor of the canola project, said the main challenge in making high-flow nasal canola at low cost is to control the concentration, humidity and temperature of the oxygen as well as the flow of oxygen.
A combination of engineers and physicians is needed to sort out these issues. Dr. Mohammad Chowdhury of Chittagong Medical College Hospital assisted in this project as a medical expert.
Premier University Treasurer Professor AKM Tafzal Haque, Registrar Khurshidur Rahman, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Saifuddin Munna, Nazal Canola Innovation Student Mohammad Mahfuzul Haque, Jitu Das and Nurul were present at the occasion.
