42T to help bring Exovent ventilator to market

42T will be responsible for the design and development of the control unit, monitoring and alarm system for the new medical ventilator including system hardware, firmware and regulatory compliance.  The consultancy’s medical device engineers will then work with the development and manufacturing teams at Portsmouth Aviation, along with clinicians from the Exovent charity, to integrate the control system into the ventilator. 

Simon Escott, managing director of Portsmouth Aviation said: “42 Technology will play a pivotal role in developing the control system for the Exovent ventilator, and their medical device engineering and regulatory experience will be essential in helping us to advance it into initial production and first clinical trials.

“42 Technology’s appointment follows a complete review of the development programme and series of improvements that we decided to make to the initial designs for the new ventilator.  We have worked closely with the team at Exovent to improve key aspects including the usability and aesthetics of the patient enclosure, noise levels and the seals around the patient.  We have also modified the design so units can be more easily and cost-effectively manufactured using our existing in-house production technologies and teams.”