Device for collecting exhaled aerosols from mechanically ventilated patients
We have developed a device for collecting exhaled aerosols from mechanically ventilated patients. This device has been tested on the bench, using ex vivo lung models, and through small clinical studies in healthy subjects. We are interested in collaborating to further develop our device and to develop biomarkers that could be measured from the aerosol samples collected by the device. Applications could include the diagnosis or ventilator associated pneumonia or ARDS or other biomarkers of lung health.
https://inventions.pitt.edu/technologies/device-for-collecting-exhaled--06109
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