{"id":50621,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/Inspire_Breathing_Assistant","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/Inspire Breathing Assistant","latest":{"id":1267808,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:32:15Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Inspirebreathingassistant.jpg|thumb]]\n\n{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Child mortality\n| classification = Treatment\n| scope = Clinical trial\n| made = No\n| replicated = No\n| manufacturer-location = Bangladesh\n}}\n\nPneumonia is a major cause of death for infants and children in resource-limited settings. Since oxygen therapy is expensive and requires medical professionals, antibiotics are the often the only treatment.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nInspire converts room air into pressurized gas to expand patients' lung instead of using oxygen tanks like traditional bubble CPAP methods. Doctors can direct oxygen into the Inspire device if oxygen supplements are necessary. Since pure oxygen in excess doses can result in blindness and asthma, this device is also safer for less-trained professionals to use.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: A team at Stanford University\n* Manufacturer location: Stanford University\n\n== When and where it was tested/implemented ==\n\nBangladesh\n\n== Funding Source ==\n\nNational Institutes of Health grant\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Other internally generated reports ===\n\nPavkov, Pamela. (2011). INSPIRE: Evaluating a Transition to Product Development. Retrieved November 29, 2013 from [http://web.archive.org/web/20141207044131/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/documents/Inspire-TransitiontoProductDevelopment.pdf here].\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\nPavkov, Pamela. (July 5, 2011). OpenIDEO. Inspire: a low-cost breathing assistant for infants in rural settings. Retrieved November 29, 2013 from [http://web.archive.org/web/20130724104059/http://www.openideo.com:80/open/how-might-we-improve-health-care-through-social-business-in-low-income-communities/concepting/inspire-a-low-cost-breathing-assistant-for-infants-in-rural-settings-www.inspiremedical.org/ 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 = Inspire Breathing Assistant supports infants with pneumonia. Appropedia explains how this device improves access to oxygen in clinics.\n}}"}