https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/research/grouplist/biomedicaleng/abspie/abspie_seminars/ The latest from School of Engineering » ABSPIE archived seminar series (tag [UN Person of the year Award]) en-GB (C) 2026 University of Warwick Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:41:32 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss SiteBuilder2, University of Warwick, http://go.warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder 5G AI Assistive Technology Clinical Enginering COST Action MiMed COVID Data analisys EAMBES Early stage HTA EMB epidemiology European Commission JRC EUTOPIA health economy HTA IFMBE industry4.0 innovation LMIC low-resource MAFEIP tool Medical devices Microwave Medical devices neuroscience nomenclature Qualit of Life Quality of life Social Impact study design Telemedicine UN Person of the year Award Warwick innovation district wellbeing WHO WICID WLF2020 World laureate forum Young scientists Untagged https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/research/grouplist/biomedicaleng/abspie/abspie_seminars/?newsItem=8a17841a7821d212017822b96b6f07ce <div class="news-thumbnail" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><img class="thumbnail" width="100" height="100" src="https://warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder2/file/fac/sci/eng/research/grouplist/biomedicaleng/abspie/abspie_seminars?sbrPage=%2Ffac%2Fsci%2Feng%2Fresearch%2Fgrouplist%2Fbiomedicaleng%2Fabspie%2Fabspie_seminars&newsItem=8a17841a7821d212017822b96b6f07ce" alt="image"></div><p><b>Tiba Vent</b>&nbsp;<b>team</b> from Kenyatta University (Nairobi, Kenya) will present a mechanical ventilator named Tiba vent.</p> <p>This group is the winner of the 2020 UN 🇺🇳 Person of the Year Award</p> <p>This mechanical ventilator was designed, developed and prototyped during the first wave of COVID-19 when the whole world was entering local lockdowns.</p> <p>A multidisciplinary team comprising biomedical engineers, medical doctors, software and electronic engineers teamed up to create the first ever made patient ventilator in Kenya.</p> <p>Tiba vent, currently under clinical ventilation, was designed taking into consideration international standards and standards from the Kenya Bureau of standards, as well as the world health organisation’s guidelines.</p> <p>This webinar presented the team of students from Kenya, as well as the innovative medical device they prototyped.</p> Clinical Enginering study design innovation UN Person of the year Award COVID Young scientists WHO Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:00:00 GMT 8a17841a7821d212017822b96b6f07ce