A team from the College of Engineering at the University of Basra, in cooperation with a team from Leeds University in Britain and an Iraqi medical team, succeeded in manufacturing and developing a respirator mask.

 Dr. Abdel-Baqi Khalaf, the professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, stated that Fengwi Mask is a simple, inexpensive and highly efficient model It controlls the three variables, one of which is controlling the amount of flow by liter per minute. The flow rate is found separate in the current common oxygen regulators.

In this model, a dual regulator with two oxygen lines is used to increase control.

At high flow rates, controlling air pressure in respiratory tubes through the design and manufacture of the peep valve, this positive pressure is necessary for many cases, including those with corona in the early and middle stages, and it has a role in opening the deflated pulmonary alveoli and this is what simple oxygen masks do not provide, the ratio of oxygen/air mixing is Fio: 40%-90%

Khalaf added that the most important features of the locally manufactured model are that it is simple and comparable to the functions of the CPAR respirator, and has succeeded in the field in raising the oxygen saturation of the patients.

The Basra Health Department has delivered seven sets so far, and work is going on to meet the Health Department’s requests to manufacture more at a rate of 20 devices per day.