DRAP approves its use
Staff Reporter Islamabad
Living up to nation’s expectations amid third wave of Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission has indigenously developed its own Intensive Care Unit Ventilator named ‘i-LIVE’.
The ventilator has been developed by a PAEC team of diligent scientists and engineers applying all essential quality standards and regulatory requirements whereas doctors from PAEC Hospital, Islamabad, provided valuable input during its development process.
Besides passing through all internal reviews and testing, the ‘i-LIVE’ ventilator also successfully passed the independent reviews and testing conducted throughout the development lifecycle by the evaluation team from Pakistan Innovation and Technology Center, Pakistan Engineering Council.
Moreover, extensive clinical trials of i-LIVE were also conducted at Jinnah Hospital Lahore under the supervision of senior doctors, bio-medical engineers and medical researchers.
It is pertinent to mention that the ventilator successfully passed all stages of engineering evaluation and medical validation.
The spokesperson of PAEC, Shahid Riaz Khan, told the press that the ventilator has been awarded formal approval, licensing and registration by Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan.
After this award of approval from DRAP, i-LIVE will be manufactured and supplied by PAEC to meet the critical needs of our hospitals.
This is a giant leap towards self-reliance in designing and manufacturing of the life-saving equipment.
The exercise opens new avenues for multidisciplinary experts from various fields like software, hardware, mechanical, bio-medical engineering, medical and quality management to come together and serve the nation in distinct ways.
The contribution is also aligned to Pakistan’s vision of knowledge-based economy and geo-economic strategy.
Chairman PAEC, Muhammad Naeem (HI, SI) congratulated PAEC scientists, engineers and doctors for this great achievement and assured that as the DRAP has given green signal, massive production of PAEC-developed ICU Ventilator, i-LIVE, will be commenced immediately to meet the growing demand of hospitals for this crucial equipment in the context of on-going Corona pandemic.
