Firms develop oxygen therapy device to treat coronavirus

TURKISH appliance giant Arçelik and biomedical company Biosys have collaborated to develop a mobile oxygen therapy device critical for treating Covid-19 patients, Biosys announced on Monday.

“After a year of research and development of the BiO2Flow High Flow Oxygen Therapy Device, we have completed groundwork for production in cooperation with Arçelik,” Biosys CEO Cemal Erdoğan said in a statement.

“The device has started to be actively used in our hospitals in order to support our healthcare workers struggling with the pandemic,” he added.

Biosys aims to provide support to healthcare professionals, the Biosys statement said. Earlier in the pandemic, Arçelik and Biosys collaborated on the mass production of mechanical ventilators with the help of fellow Turkish firms, Aselsan, and Baykar, under the leadership of the Turkish government.

The Turkish-made ventilators are now in use in over 30 countries.