Surat based STPL develops indigenous ventilator to help India fight COVID-19

Quickly responding to the need of hour, Surat-based STPL, the global giant in the diamond industry and medical equipment related technologies, has developed indigenous ventilator, named IndoVent.

A medical ventilator is a life-saving innovation for mankind. It provides artificial breathing when the lungs of a patient fail to do it naturally. According to the ICMR reports, around 5 % COVID-19 infected patients will require extensive care and mechanical ventilation, but India faces acute shortage of reliable ventilators, to effectively deal with current situation.

Sensing the dire need of ventilators, STPL pulled together its team of highly skilled technocrats and developed its own ventilator in a record breaking short time. The ventilator has passed all the medical trials conducted at the Civil Hospital, Surat by a team of medical experts. The machine is now ready for mass production. STPL is gearing up to manufacture 250 units per day, to boost the hospitals' efforts to fight COVID-19. The company is hopeful to keep the price per unit under a thousand USD.

IndoVent is robust, highly reliable, and easy to us. It is made with the same parts and technologies used in developing highly precise, automation oriented solutions for the diamond processing industry. The prototype ventilator has been validated in all the medical norms. The design is rugged and robust for rough use in emergency situations. Ease of use is the key feature of the design, can be easily operated by para-medics. STPL aims to keep the price of this crucial equipment under a thousand USD per unit.

STPL also has a proven expertise in medical equipment sector. STPL has been developing machines, software and technologies for manufacturing highly precise medical stents for cardio vascular procedures. Since last 20+ years, STPL solutions are used by leading stent manufactures for stent cutting, stent inspection and stent validation, as per medical norms.The solutions offers highly precise cutting with harmonization of the fiber laser, accurate CNC platform, advanced controlled software, computer vision assisted technologies, full digital control of all process and fully automatic non-contact imaging and visual documentation.

Established in 1993, STPL develops advanced technological solutions for the diamond industry. Today, STPL is the only company in the diamond industry of the entire world, which develops total technology solutions for all processes of diamond manufacturing, such as diamond analysis and planning, diamond cutting, blocking, and all processes to safe-diamond trading. As a trendsetter of this industry, STPL has developed laser diamond cutting technology for the first time in India. Modern technology solutions of STPL lead laser technology and ensure more production at a lower cost. With the broad range of technologies and values-based approach, STPL has created a unique and formidable identity in the diamond processing industry.