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On April 11th, a non-invasive ventilator called DTU -VENT was introduced by a researcher team at Duy Tan University to help Covid-19 patients with serious breathing problems. Mr. Huynh Duc Tho, Chairman of the City People’s Committee...

The DTU non-invasive ventilator feeds oxygen to the lungs at a fixed frequency, through a nasal or full face mask, with sufficient quantities of air to stimulate the breathing of patients suffering respiratory distress. It allows ten different position settings according to patient height, to expedite time and ease of operation, with a battery to guarantee three hours of continuous operation in case of power failure...

The Covid-19 virus has already infected 3 million people worldwide and more than 200,000 have died, with new cases occurring day after day. With government support, DTU has teamed a group of dedicated experts to focus their efforts on the research and development of a unique new noninvasive ventilator, named the DTU-Vent, to fight the widely spreading disease...

On April 11, DTU presented the DTU-Vent (version 1.0) to the Danang People’s Committee Chairman, Mr. Huynh Duc Tho, and to leaders of the Danang departments of Health, Science and Technology. The DTU-Vent non-invasive ventilator feeds oxygen to the lungs at a fixed frequency, through a nasal or full face mask, with sufficient quantities of air to stimulate the breathing of patients suffering respiratory distress...

According to the DTU representatives, the DTU research team referenced other ventilators on the market such as the E-Vent (MIT), the OxVent (Oxford University), the Medtronics PB650, and the Lowenstein Ventilator. However, the problem is that neither of these is suitable for the economic and manufacturing conditions in Vietnam...

The DTU-Vent is a non-invasive ventilator, feeding oxygen to the lungs at a fixed frequency, through a nasal or full-face mask, with sufficient quantities of air to stimulate the breathing of patients suffering respiratory distress. DTU-Vent allows ten different settings according to patient height, to expedite time and ease of operation, with a battery to guarantee three hours...

Only two weeks after the announcement of their DTU-Vent version 1.0 noninvasive ventilator, the DTU research group continues to develop version 2.0, which expands the functionality to that of a professional medical ventilator and meets all the requirements for use in emergencies and the treatment of Covid-19 patients...

With their two initial versions, the DTU research group acquired the experience necessary to continue improving their DTU-Vent ventilator to version 3.0 with all the functionality of a professional medical ventilator, meeting the requirements for use in emergencies and to treat Covid-19 patients...

Since its inception, DTU has continued to enhance the quality of education and research in many ways, resulting in ever-increasing national and worldwide academic rankings. To honor this sustained achievement, DTU researchers have been invited to broadcast more information about their work on the VTV1 Good Morning program, from 18.30 to 19.00 on March 13, and on the VTV8 Educational program...