New Support for Covid ICU Patients Now Available in the USA

USA. Ergotrics is pleased to present the world’s first inflatable prone ventilation support to improve prone ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Scientific studies highlight the benefits of optimized PEEP and long recruitment for ARDS patients ventilated in alternating supine/prone position, but it is one of the most challenging and ergonomically demanding position changes for nurses. The IPV (Inflatable Prone Ventilation) support consists of inflatable pelvic and thoracic pillows allowing the patient to lie in a prone position with a free hanging abdomen. Prone ventilation allows for better oxygenation and thus maximum lung ventilation and oxygen absorption in the patient’s blood. The unique selling point of the Ergotrics innovation is the use of compressed air instead of manual labor, which is an ergonomic breakthrough in the ICU – So no more physically lifting the patient up to place positioning aids. Some benefits include:

• Minimum abdominal encroachment upon the lungs
• Optimal oxygenation
• 100% hygienic – single patient use to reduce spread of contagions in the ICU
• Improved ergonomics by using compressed air

Medtech experts Ergotrics from Belgium have already successfully launched an innovative solution to lift and position patients before spine surgery. Based on the same know-how, Ergotrics successfully developed the solution for prone ventilation in the intensive care unit. Given the current Covid outbreak, this development has arrived just in time for many patients and nurses.

“We saw the incredible efforts of health workers in the fight against Covid-19”, explains CEO Inge Bruynooghe. “The pandemic forced us to give priority to the certification of the Inflatable Prone Ventilation Support (IPV). Used successfully in many European ICU’s, we are proud to now make this important product available to American hospitals through our local distributors. Both production and logistics are running at full speed in order to assist as many intensive care units as possible in their care for these critical patients.”