Yadadri Bhuvanagiri: Concerned about the plight of people who are struggling to obtain oxygen cylinders and concentrators for the treatment of those who are suffering COVID-19, a 24-year-old from the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in Telangana, has set up an ‘electric mask’ that serves as a portable home atomizer.
The innovation is the brainchild of Kunchala Shiva Nagaraju, who devised the mask with the help of his motivating team of university students, including those following the B.Tech program, who came forward to join his projects via social media .
The mask, the 24-year-old claims, allows people to breathe in purified filtered air and is superior to other masks available in the market. Shiva explained the process used in the device: ‘The air that enters the atomizer passes through an air chamber and from there to the medicine room after it has been filtered. The air eventually passes through another filter and then through a small pipe attached to the mask. ‘
So, he says, people will be able to inhale double filtered air.
Shiva further said the ‘Electric mask’ uses a regular cloth mask that is fitted with a thin trachea / IV tube.
The mask has a small inlet where the pipe is connected from the nebulizer. The Nebulizer is fastened in a small wooden box that can be carried around in a bag and is very convenient to use.
“The cost of the portable electric mask for home atomizer is R700 to 700,” says Shiva.
The rural innovator says he wanted to become an engineer but eventually graduated from B.Com (computers) due to various factors, including financial constraints due to his poor background.
He has since also set up ‘Blue Wings’, a startup.
‘The team made almost 128 attempts to get the final product and spent about Rs. 38,000, ”adds Shiva.
This is not the first time Shiva has invented something else on his own.
Earlier, after the Disha rape and murder incident in Hyderabad, he invented a shock gun for women who could use it in case they were attacked.
The gun provides a good electric shock to the attacker without being injured.
Source: The Siasat Daily