以色列Hadassah Ein Kerem醫院重癥監護室的高級醫生阿基瓦?納赫肖恩心血來潮,給SodaStream公司打了個電話。
以色列學校復課后,新冠病例急劇上升,這位醫生就在全國抗擊疫情的第一線。他向一位朋友哀嘆,疫情期間用于治療患者的呼吸設備的現狀。作為醫院常規使用的技術設備,呼吸機不僅供不應求,而且價格昂貴,屬于侵入器械,往往會導致較長的康復時間和破壞性副作用。
納赫肖恩的朋友建議他聯系SodaStream,這是百事公司(PepsiCo)旗下位于以色列的臺式蘇打水機器制造商。這位朋友認為,SodaStream的技術可能會有所幫助。
納赫肖恩給SodaStream的客戶服務部門打了電話并留言,隨后留言轉達給了該公司的研發主管阿維?科恩。兩人當天就見面了,不到一個小時,科恩就意識到氣泡水機器背后的物理原理能夠滿足納赫肖恩的需求。
不到三個月后,SodaStream和納赫肖恩所在醫院合作研發的名為StreamO2的設備,在獲得以色列衛生部批準后,正在進行一項40人的臨床試驗。
StreamO2的工作原理是讓氧氣和空氣的混合氣體高速通過病人的鼻子。該裝置不僅可以控制混合氣體的流速,還可以控制其溫度和濕度,將濕度保持在80%以上。根據周三發布的關于該新設備的新聞稿,流速、溫度和濕度的結合對呼吸質量至關重要。
StreamO2用于治療輕度至中度癥狀的新冠患者,這些患者存在呼吸困難,但仍可自主呼吸。與機械呼吸機不同,StreamO2不需要對病人進行插管,還可以騰出機械呼吸機留給重癥患者使用。
百事公司于2018年收購了SodaStream,從而為其產品系列增加了更健康、更環保的產品。
科恩在電子郵件中表示:“一旦成功通過臨床試驗,StreamO2可能會出現在醫院的每張病床旁。”(財富中文網)
譯者:Biz
以色列Hadassah Ein Kerem醫院重癥監護室的高級醫生阿基瓦?納赫肖恩心血來潮,給SodaStream公司打了個電話。
以色列學校復課后,新冠病例急劇上升,這位醫生就在全國抗擊疫情的第一線。他向一位朋友哀嘆,疫情期間用于治療患者的呼吸設備的現狀。作為醫院常規使用的技術設備,呼吸機不僅供不應求,而且價格昂貴,屬于侵入器械,往往會導致較長的康復時間和破壞性副作用。
納赫肖恩的朋友建議他聯系SodaStream,這是百事公司(PepsiCo)旗下位于以色列的臺式蘇打水機器制造商。這位朋友認為,SodaStream的技術可能會有所幫助。
納赫肖恩給SodaStream的客戶服務部門打了電話并留言,隨后留言轉達給了該公司的研發主管阿維?科恩。兩人當天就見面了,不到一個小時,科恩就意識到氣泡水機器背后的物理原理能夠滿足納赫肖恩的需求。
不到三個月后,SodaStream和納赫肖恩所在醫院合作研發的名為StreamO2的設備,在獲得以色列衛生部批準后,正在進行一項40人的臨床試驗。
StreamO2的工作原理是讓氧氣和空氣的混合氣體高速通過病人的鼻子。該裝置不僅可以控制混合氣體的流速,還可以控制其溫度和濕度,將濕度保持在80%以上。根據周三發布的關于該新設備的新聞稿,流速、溫度和濕度的結合對呼吸質量至關重要。
StreamO2用于治療輕度至中度癥狀的新冠患者,這些患者存在呼吸困難,但仍可自主呼吸。與機械呼吸機不同,StreamO2不需要對病人進行插管,還可以騰出機械呼吸機留給重癥患者使用。
百事公司于2018年收購了SodaStream,從而為其產品系列增加了更健康、更環保的產品。
科恩在電子郵件中表示:“一旦成功通過臨床試驗,StreamO2可能會出現在醫院的每張病床旁。”(財富中文網)
譯者:Biz
Akiva Nachshon, a senior physician in the intensive care unit at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Israel, made a call to SodaStream on a whim.
The doctor, who is on the front lines of the nation's battle against COVID-19—which has surged after Israel reopened schools—was lamenting to a friend about the current state of respiratory devices used to treat patients amid the pandemic. Ventilators, the default technology used by hospitals, are not only in short supply but they're also expensive and invasive, often leading to longer recovery times and damaging side effects.
Nachshon’s friend suggested he reach out to SodaStream, the Israel-based PepsiCo business behind the countertop carbonated water machines, thinking there might be something to the company’s technology that could be helpful.
Nachshon called and left a note with SodaStream’s customer service, which made its way to Avi Cohen, the company’s head of research and development. The two met that same day, and within an hour Cohen realized the very physical principles behind the sparkling water maker could meet Nachshon's needs.
Less than three months later, a device called StreamO2—a collaboration between SodaStream and Nachshon’s hospital—is in the midst of a 40-person clinical trial after being approved by the Israeli Ministry of Health.
The StreamO2 works by pushing a mixture of oxygen and air through a patient’s nose at a high flow rate. The device controls not only the flow of that mixture but also its temperature and its humidity, which is kept at more than 80%. This combination of flow, temperature, and humidity is critical to the quality of the respiration, according to a press release about the new device issued Wednesday.
The StreamO2 is designed to treat COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate conditions, who are in respiratory distress but are still breathing spontaneously. Unlike a mechanical ventilator, the StreamO2 does not require intubating patients, and it allows those machines to be freed up for the most critical cases.
PepsiCo acquired SodaStream in 2018 as part of its broader push to add healthier and more environmentally friendly products to its portfolio.
"Upon successfully passing clinical trials," Cohen said in an email, "StreamO2 can potentially be next to every hospital bed."