Kolkata, May 28 (UNI) The Director of CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur Professor (Dr) Harish Hirani has emphasised upon the fact that the oxygen therapy if utilised in a synchronised manner may help considerably in reducing the oxygen consumption.
He was speaking in a webinar on ‘Oxygen Enrichment Technology and Financial Assistance by SIDBI,’ organised by MSME, DI, Aurangabad and Indo-German Tool Room, Aurangabad, Maharashtra on Thursday (May 27, 2021), where he stated that CSIR-CMERI has offered a number of innovative technical solutions and products to the nation and has been holding the hands of the MSME Units to not only transfer a large number of technologies to them but also assisted them on various technical and related aspects thereby providing them an opportunity to flourish and strengthen the Make in India initiative.
Prof (Dr) Hirani also apprised the participants about the Oxygen Enrichment Unit (OEU) technology developed by CSIR-CMERI, which has already been transferred to 13 different MSME units who are in the process of production of the same. The Director CSIR-CMERI emphasized that it is important that the oxygen therapy is given keeping in mind the scientific factors. He shared that the process of Inhalation consumes 1/3rd of the time of the entire breathing process; however oxygen is supplied continuously to the patients at a particular flow-rate. This implies that 2/3rd of the oxygen Supplied is wasted in the current standard practice. Thus, if this is used in a synchronised manner, it can help in considerably reducing the oxygen consumption.