Walton's ventilators to begin clinical trials today

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Walton's ventilators to begin clinical trials today

COVID-19 IN BANGLADESH
TBS Report
28 April, 2020, 04:25 pm
Last modified: 28 April, 2020, 05:26 pm

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Walton will start clinical trials, today, of the ventilators produced by the local tech giant.

State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak will inaugurate the programme in the afternoon via a video message.

Officials of Walton said, much like large companies in the world, they have created prototypes of ventilators at a low cost, using local technology. The clinical trial is starting after the prototypes of three ventilators, consisting of three models, were produced. Its commercial activities will start later.

Now the ventilators are being given to a hospital for clinical tests. Walton will go into large-scale ventilator production based on the hospital's report, they added.

A Walton official told The Business Standard that, of the three models, two are the company's own models and another was designed by the world-renowned medical device company Meditronics.

Earlier, on March 31, Meditronics handed over the patent, design and source code of its PB-560 model ventilator to the Information and Communication Technology Division via a video conference.

An official of the Information and Technology Division of Walton said Meditronics' research and development team, in Hyderabad, worked with Walton and the Bangladesh government throughout the process. No decision has been made yet on the price of this product.

A ventilator is a mechanical breathing device essential for patients suffering from breathing problems and respiratory illnesses.

As the novel coronavirus attacks the lungs, a ventilator is an essential to treat patients with severe symptoms. However, Bangladesh has a serious shortage of this medical equipment in public and private hospitals to fight the virus.

Omar Ishrak, is the chairman of Intel, former chairman and chief executive of Meditronics. He is a Bangladeshi. This is the main reason why Bangladesh got the patent, design and source code of Meditronics' ventilator.

Currently, it takes a minimum of Tk7 lakh to import a ventilator from China. It takes Tk18 to Tk20 lakh to import one from Europe.

Ventilators are in great demand not only in Bangladesh but all over the world. The supply of ventilators is very small compared to demand.

 

[UKBengali]

@dbc - Now Walton has handed over the prototype Medtronic ventilator to BD hospitals to start testing.

BD may not need to now produce ventilators in mass but it will be ready if the pandemic ever takes a turn for the worse.

Thank you Medtronic and thank you USA!


@KAL-EL

 

[mmr]

Good job. I feel bad questioning walton. Seems they will keep there word? Hopefully we will see the final product soon and possibly walton can export.

 

[Bilal9]

Good job. I feel bad questioning walton. Seems they will keep there word? Hopefully we will see the final product soon and possibly walton can export.

Did you see the four ventilator designs they came up with? Some are smaller/portable and some are larger and for stationary use in E/R situations. This is why it took them this long. Compared to their's - the Minister ventilator is a bit amateurish. But we can use every one for sure. More the merrier.

I hope out of the four, some get wide acceptance and then these can become part of their permanent product line.

We have a saying in Bengali, "Chills don't leave with one winter". (Ek Magh-e Sheet jaina).

I think this Covid-19 situation may be with us a while, so they better gear up tooling like for local plastics parts such as housing, pneumatic regulators/mechanical valves, and then NPT tubing attachments. LED Digital displays can be imported but the SMD wave-soldered circuit boards are of course made locally.

I'm going to link @ghost250 bhai's post for the images.

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/walt...r-doctors-medical-staff.661274/#post-12278549

 

[mmr]

Did you see the four ventilator designs they came up with? Some are smaller/portable and some are larger and for stationary use in E/R situations. This is why it tool them this long.

I hope out of the four, some get wide acceptance and then these can become part of their permanent product line.

We have a saying in Bengali, "Chills don't leave with one winter". (Ek Magh-e Sheet jaina).

I think this Covid-19 situation may be with us a while, so they better gear up tooling like for local plastics parts such as housing, pneumatic regulators/mechanical valves, and then NPT tubing attachments. LED Digital displays can be imported but the SMD wave-soldered circuit boards are of course made locally.

Can walton export it to usa? Or they will need approval from the usa company that give them the patents? Also i think walton will also need FDA approval?

Bangladesh badly need to diversify. Ppl say we see the best and worst among human when disaster hits. Maybe this crisis will encourage bd business community more innovation.

Portable ones are good for remote community and field hospitals. I am very impressed.

 

[Bilal9]

Can walton export it to usa? Or they will need approval from the usa company that give them the patents? Also i think walton will also need FDA approval?

Bangladesh badly need to diversify. Ppl say we see the best and worst among human when disaster hits. Maybe this crisis will encourage bd business community more innovation.

Portable ones are good for remote community and field hospitals. I am very impressed.

I think they can export it anywhere provided the destination country allows import of these devices. But USA has to ask for them first. They have not done so yet.

Also I believe these devices need to be approved by regulatory bodies of the importing countries, in USA it is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fro medical devices as well as UL (Underwriters Laboratory) for electrical safety standards. The equivalent of the UL in Canada is CSA. Sometimes in emergency periods like this, they can fast track the approval process to days instead of weeks.

@Hamartia Antidote, @KAL-EL, @dbc for their comments.

 

[UKBengali]

I think they can export it anywhere provided the destination country allows import of these devices. But USA has to ask for them first. They have not done so yet.

@Hamartia Antidote, @KAL-EL, @dbc for their comments.

Medtronic design cannot be exported and is only for production while the pandemic lasts.

That is why Walton built two of their own designs, which of course took inspiration from the Medtronic design.

 

[Bilal9]

Medtronic design cannot be exported and is only for production while the pandemic lasts.

That is why Walton built two of their own designs, which of course took inspiration from the Medtronic design.

Well I saw your post on this but forgot. Good Point.

But I still believe that if they tool up (tooling costs some money of course) they can make this (as well as other medical devices with licensing) as part of their product line, which they can capitalize the local market on as well as increase their profitability.

They need to diversify their product line and fill local needs in our hospitals.

Some USA companies might provide licensing, these are the top reputed medical device makers in the US.

1. Abbott
2. Baxter
   
3. Johnson & Johnson
   
4. Medtronic

Besides these there are local companies like Alcon and Phillips-Medisize who specialize in transfusion-related and other devices.

 

[UKBengali]

Well I saw your post on this but forgot. Good Point.

But I still believe that if they tool up (tooling costs some money of course) they can make this (as well as other medical devices with licensing) as part of their product line, which they can capitalize the local market on as well as increase their profitability.

They need to diversify their product line and fill local needs in our hospitals.

Some USA companies might provide licensing, these are the top reputed medical device makers in the US.

1. Abbott
2. Baxter
   
3. Johnson & Johnson
   
4. Medtronic

Besides these there are local companies like Alcon and Phillips-Medisize who specialize in transfusion-related and other devices.

BD just created a new industry during this pandemic.

Walton will be able to produce quality ventilators at a fraction of the price of China and so can grab a good slice of the multi billion dollar market if it is serious about diversifying into the medical equipment market.

 

[dbc]

Medtronic design cannot be exported and is only for production while the pandemic lasts.

That is why Walton built two of their own designs, which of course took inspiration from the Medtronic design.

I haven't read the Legal terms but if its boilerplate open source T&C's then it can be sold, exported without any legal issues.

 

[UKBengali]

I haven't read the Legal terms but if its boilerplate open source T&C's then it can be sold, exported without any legal issues.

All the information that I have read is that BD can only manufacture for it's own needs and only during the pandemic, which Medtronic of course will advise Walton and anyone else that uses their licence.

Honestly this is an amazing gesture from this US company and I hope that BD people never forget it. USA company was there in a moment of need for BD.

 

[Bilal9]

All the information that I have read is that BD can only manufacture for it's own needs and only during the pandemic, which Medtronic of course will advise Walton and anyone else that uses their licence.

Honestly this is an amazing gesture from this US company and I hope that BD people never forget it. USA company was there in a moment of need for BD.

I believe we can give Medtronic some orders for Medical devices going forward to reward them for this. Walton can also discuss licensing terms for local production of medical devices.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Hope they perform good, and qualifies all medical trials.

 

[Bilal9]

Country-made ventilator waiting for NoC from DGHS: Palak
Published: April 28, 2020 20:55:22 | Updated: April 28, 2020 23:07:57

Walton is ready to produce ventilators and mechanical breathing devices with the technical support from the US-based medical device and solution providing company Medtronic.

State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak gave the information while addressing a virtual press briefing on Tuesday, reports BSS.

“We have been able to produce world-class ‘WPB 560’ in our country and functional prototypes of three models of the ventilator would soon be handed over to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) for clinical trial,” he said.

He added that after receiving no objection certificate (NoC) from DGHS, Bangladeshi brand Walton would be able to go into production on commercial level, an official release said.

“Of the three models of the functional prototype, one ‘WPB 560’ was jointly produced by Walton and Medtronic, the other two ‘WCV-20’ and ‘WAB-20’ were own invention of the Bangladeshi technological company. We are hoping that we would be able to meet the demand of ventilators with our country-made products,” Palak added.

The state minister for ICT Division also thanked LICT Project of his division for coordinating between Medtronic and Walton to take this work forward.

Apart from Walton, 18 other ventilators were made by a2i innovation lab, which are now being evaluated.

ICT Division Senior Secretary N M Zeaul Alam, ITES Policy Adviser of LICT Project Sami Ahmed, Walton’s Ventilator Project head Engineer Golam Morshed, Walton director Liyakat Ali, Medtronic representative and newsmen attended the virtual briefing, among others.

 

[KAL-EL]

I think they can export it anywhere provided the destination country allows import of these devices. But USA has to ask for them first. They have not done so yet.

Also I believe these devices need to be approved by regulatory bodies of the importing countries, in USA it is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fro medical devices as well as UL (Underwriters Laboratory) for electrical safety standards. The equivalent of the UL in Canada is CSA. Sometimes in emergency periods like this, they can fast track the approval process to days instead of weeks.

@Hamartia Antidote, @KAL-EL, @dbc for their comments.

I believe under some emergency conditions, these things could be fast tracked.