Norgren saves medical manufacturer time and money with new integrated ventilator component

Shenzhen Mindray Electronic Co. Ltd is a developer, manufacturer and exporter of medical devices for patient monitoring, diagnostics and ultrasound imaging systems. They required a pre-assembled regulator to control the inlet gas for a ventilator, which had to meet stringent dimensional requirements and critical performance specifications.

The unit had to be compatible with both the upstream and downstream pneumatic & electronic circuit of the ventilator, and make the machine more compact and power efficient. It also had to be user friendly, and easy to set up and test.

The customised Engineering Advantage solution was developed between the Mindray Research and Development team and the Norgren Asia Technical Centre (ATC). The Norgren ATC produced a fully integrated pneumatic sub-module in a compact size, with Norgren’s cartridge components, including proportional valves and high precision regulators. The A0907 Regulator manifold can be installed directly into the ventilator after the incoming test by Mindray - it is real “plug and play”.

With the A0907, the ventilator is 15% lighter and 20% smaller, making it much more portable and convenient. This solution also saves approximately 60% in assembly time, and 10% in cost, which is allowing Mindray to rapidly supply more ventilators across China, and the world, as the need grows for use with life support systems, due to the world’s aging population.