This page gathers information concerning the Ventilator of Exception for COVID-19 - UFRJ (VExCO) Project, under development by the COPPE/UFRJ Biomedical Engineering Program and countless collaborators, which aims to meet the urgent foreseen demand for these devices due to COVID-19.
Here you will find the project description and its specifications, the work team, the current demands of the project, as well as other important information such as other initiatives that are being carried out and notices already published in Brazil.
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Disclaim
This is a project in development of an experimental pulmonary ventilator, without tests and without certification by the competent agencies. The project is still under development at COPPE/UFRJ with the cooperation of several institutions. It is updated daily with evolving information. Please do not print!
We are not responsible for the use of this project or any of its components.
News
16/09/2020: Submission of the application for provisional registration of VExCO at Anvisa
07/07/2020: Tests in humans were successfully completed.
05/28/2020: The tests in animals were already carried out.
04/27/2020: First day of donation campaign carried out by Coppetec Foundation (in portuguese Fundação Coppetec), specifically for the production of VExCO ventilators.
04/27/2020: The in vitro tests were completed, and the project was submitted to the National Research Ethics Commission (in portuguese Comissão Nacional de Ética em Pesquisa - CONEP).
03/23/2020: The Project is already supported by the Rio de Janeiro State Funding Agency (FAPERJ).