SA-made device set to ease provision of oxygen-therapy to COVID-19 patients Dubbed the OxERA, its key components are an anaesthetics mask and an adjustable, mechanical PEEP valve. The South African-made OxERA device. Picture: Umoya/Facebook
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CAPE TOWN - A locally manufactured medical device is set to ease the provision of oxygen-therapy to COVID-19 patients, even in poorly resourced, remote settings in South Africa.
Dubbed the OxERA, its key components are an anaesthetics mask and an adjustable, mechanical PEEP valve.
Oxygen supply is via a hose and accumulator bag, with the hose connected to any available oxygen source.
East London-based doctors, engineers and entrepreneurs set up a social enterprise, trading as Umoya, to develop the product, when they realised the pressure the pandemic would place on the country’s healthcare system.