Named Vigilvent, the equipment is in the final phase of prototype development and is currently undergoing software and general system operation verification tests, Granma newspaper reported.
The project was conceived by specialists from the Center of Neurosciences of Cuba (CNEURO), under the leadership of Tania Yadira Aznielle, engineer in Computer Machines, director of Development of that institution of the BioCubaFarma Business Group.
The specialist explained to the newspaper that the new tomography scanner complies with the same features of similar ones existing in the international market, but it incorporates mathematical algorithms, devices and accessories developed with its own designs, which distinguish it from the competition.
During the next few months, technical verification tests should be carried out with the participation of experts from the Center for State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices, Aznielle said.
If the results are satisfactory, the corresponding permit will be requested to begin its clinical validation in hospitals, the engineer added.
With the Vigilvent, Cuba would implement, for the first time, Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT), a non-invasive and radiation-free imaging technique, by means of which it is possible to assess, in real time and at the patient’s bedside, the ventilatory dynamics and the distribution of ventilation in the different lung regions.
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