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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Ventura team wins prestigious engineering award

20 August 2020

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê healthcare engineers who developed a CPAP breathing aid now used in hospitals across the UK have received an award from the Royal Academy of Engineering for exceptional services during a pandemic.

Prof Tim Baker working on the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Ventura device

°Õ³ó±ðÌýÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Ventura team, led by Professor Rebecca Shipley (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Healthcare Engineering) and Professor Tim Baker (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Mechanical Engineering), worked with Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊH to reverse engineer a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) device in record time, gaining regulatory approval in 10 days. The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê-Ventura device is now helping patients in more than 60 hospitals across the UK.

In recognition of their efforts, the team behind the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê-Ventura device have received the Royal Academy of Engineering’s President’s Special Award for Pandemic Services. The awards, given to 19 individuals and teams across the UK, honour exceptional engineering achievements in tackling Covid-19.

Read the story at the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Healthcare Engineering