Optimize and personalize respiratory active humidification resulting in significantly improved nebulized medication efficiency to ventilated patients. 💧
Medspray has joined forces with @PCV Group and @Unitron to pioneer an active humidifier that redefines precision in respiratory humidification. By regulating absolute humidity rather than relative humidity, this breakthrough approach ensures stable, controlled conditions, independent of ventilator type / brand, ventilation mode / pattern or external factors. Suitable for all patients, without condensation in the breathing circuit.
Bench testing has shown that existing heated humidifiers deliver suboptimal humidity, typically reaching only 35-36 mg/L (80-82% RH at 37 ˚C) for standard adult invasive ventilation patterns. While optimal humidification means 44 mg/L (100% RH at 37 ˚C). Many ventilation patterns that we tested showed absolute humidity values close to the minimum level of 33 mg/L for active humidifiers. At these low levels of humidification, mucociliary disfunction occurs. This leads to:
- slowing down or stopping mucociliary transport
- dry airways, thicker secretions
- increased risk of infection
- reduced gas exchange efficiency and potential for pulmonary endothelial stress
We have been able to show in our bench testing that our prototype absolute humidifier can reach 44 mg/L across many different ventilation settings, showing great promise for improving patient outcome. Also, the unique features of the technology allow for better circuit condensation control, and remarkable improvements in medication delivery efficiency by dynamically adjusting humidification during nebulization.
The latest research on this topic was recently presented at the ERS congress in Amsterdam by @Madeline Zhang.
As Medspray takes its first strides into active humidification, we continue our mission to engineer smarter, safer and more effective solutions for respiratory care.
Discover more at medspray.com/cases/medspray-collaborates-to-develop-innovative-active-humidifier.
Or get in contact with @Tom Huijgen.
This project is co-financed by the European Union.
