DGDA Nods Manufacturing of 'OxyJet'

The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has so far approved the production of 200 units of a device called 'OxyJet' made by BUET to give oxygen to patients infected with the Coronavirus.

Mohammad Salauddin, a spokesman for the DGDA, and Dr Taufiq Hasan, a BUET teacher who invented the device, told the media on Wednesday (July 28th). 

Dr Hasan said, "We have recently received a nod from the DGDA that it has approved the production of 200 OxyJet devices. We hope that this will help the patients who suffer from breathing-shortness due to Covid-19.

Dr Taufiq Hasan, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at BUET, developed a device called 'OxyJet'. With this, it is possible to give up to 60 liters of high flow oxygen in normal beds in a hospital, they said.

While the cost for a high flow nasal cannula is Tk 2 lakh to Tk 5 lakh, the device invented by BUET will cost only Tk 20,000-25,000.