Jeevan: Prototype ventilator by Railways’ Rail Coach Factory (RCF)  

Jeevan: Prototype ventilator by Railways’ Rail Coach Factory (RCF)  

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Health; GS-III – Science and technology  

In News: 

• The Railways’ Rail Coach Factory (RCF) in Kapurthala has become the first PSU to develop a prototype ventilator that has an original design and will cost a fraction of what regular ventilators cost. 

Key takeaways: 

• The prototype is named Jeevan.  
• It shall go for final testing at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) before being put to production to aid the country’s fight against COVID-19. 
• The heart of the device is the compressed air container to work the Ambu bag with air. 
• It doesn’t have any moving parts like servo motor or piston or link mechanism.