{"id":39223,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/Human_Powered_Nebulizer","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/Human Powered Nebulizer","latest":{"id":1267809,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:32:17Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:HPN.png|thumb]]\n\n{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Tuberculosis, Respiratory\n| classification = Diagnosis, Treatment\n| scope = Clinical trial\n| made = No\n| replicated = No\n| manufacturer-location = Wisconsin, United States\n}}\n\nIn remote areas and resource-limited settings, clinics may lack expensive, electric nebulizers to induce sputum samples for tuberculosis diagnosis and respiratory treatments.\n\nWe have developed two versions of the Human Powered Nebulizer. One is hand-cranked; the other is pedaled like a bicycle. The health care provider operates the HPN while the patient induces a sputum sample or receives treatment. This technology is inexpensive and portable, putting respiratory treatment and diagnostics in the hands of even the most remote clinics.\n\n== Demostration ==\n\n{{Video|JFHRJQA6kq4}}\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: The Human Powered Nebulizer Project at Marquette University.\n* Manufacturing: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA\n\n== When and where it was tested/implemented ==\n\nThe first clinical trial was conducted in South African in 2010, in conjunction with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre. Additional clinical and field trials are currently being conducted in Malawi and El Salvador.\n\n== Funding Source ==\n\nFunding provided by the Marquette University College of Engineering Opus Fund, the Northwestern University Alumnae Foundation, and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (a philanthropic competition). Generous in-kind support has been provided by Particle Technology Labs, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Cape Town, South Africa and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.\n\n== Peer-reviewed publication ==\n\n* Kranzer K, Olson L, van Shaik N, et al. (2011.) Quality of induced sputum using a human-powered nebuliser in a mobile human immunodeficiency virus testing service in South Africa. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21740671 Int J Tuberc Lung Dis] 15(8):1078-81.\n\n== Other internally generated reports ==\n\n* Human Powered Nebulizer Project. (2010.) Human Powered Nebulizer Project NCIIA pitch.\n* Human Powered Nebulizer Project. (2010.) The HPN in Masiphumelele, South Africa.\n\n== Externally generated reports ==\n\n* National Collegiate Inventor & Innovator Alliance. (2010.) Top 3 March Madness for the Mind videos announced. Link available [http://web.archive.org/web/20121101021915/http://nciia.org:80/node/1141 here].\n\n{{Page data\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being, SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| language = en\n| description = The Human Powered Nebulizer saves lives without power. Appropedia explains its role in rural healthcare and energy-free innovation.\n}}"}