Armenian physicists are developing a compact, non-invasive and easy-to-use breathing apparatus that can be used at home for patients at the initial stage of coronavirus infection, when the lungs are not yet severely affected and the patient can breathe on his own.
The Institute for Applied Problems of Physics (IPPF) of the National Academy of Sciences was among five applicants to win a grant from the Armenian Ministry of High-Tech Industry in April 2020 to support efforts to combat coronavirus.
A group of physicists led by Grant Khachatryan, Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, within the framework of a grant worth 2 million drams, created a laboratory sample of the apparatus, developed a special computer program, and is currently assembling the first prototype that can be put into production, if, of course, clinical trials meet the expectations of scientists.