LSK offers to help Kenyatta University students protect their ventilator invention

MkukiMoto

MkukiMoto

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In a Twitter post by LSK president, Nelson Havi, the society appealed to Kenyans to help them get in touch with the inventors. "Could the 16 Kenyatta University students who have assembled 500,000 prototype medical ventilators quickly get in touch with us. We need to protect your invention before some of those 90 years old youthful government officers deprive you of your right," said Havi.

As earlier reported by TUKO.co.ke, a group of 16 engineering students from Kenyatta University (KU) developed the much needed respirators in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The students from different faculties embarked on the venture to develop the ventilator's prototypes within a week putting in 18 hours a day.

Read more: https://www.tuko.co.ke/351101-lsk-o...ty-students-protect-ventilator-invention.html
 
Clemens

Clemens

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Havi is a breath of fresh air to the LSK, although he overplays his hand in issues. LSK is reclaiming it's lost glory.
 
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Mwendawazimu

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It's Me Scumbag said:
The guy just wants to be first on the gravy train...its not like he is doing it out of altruistic reasons
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Clemens said:
Havi is a breath of fresh air to the LSK, although he overplays his hand in issues. LSK is reclaiming it's lost glory.
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Unahepa fossils unaingia league ya extortionists,wheeler dealers and corruption.
You should be very careful when dealing Havi & co akina prof ojienda
 
RANDY $

RANDY $

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MkukiMoto said:
@RANDY, So what is it if not an invention, even if it not an "invention" , isn't something worth protecting here- legally ?
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Somebody already holds the partent to the working device...... Richard branson space company has developed a similar device but they are not claiming it's an invention. Ku has basically developed a cheaper version of an existing product.
 
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Mwalimu-G

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MkukiMoto said:
@RANDY, So what is it if not an invention, even if it not an "invention" , isn't something worth protecting here- legally ?
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Abstract
The use of ventilatory assistance can be traced back to biblical times. However, mechanical ventilators, in the form of negative-pressure ventilation, first appeared in the early 1800s. Positive-pressure devices started to become available around 1900 and today's typical intensive care unit (ICU) ventilator did not begin to be developed until the 1940s. From the original 1940s ventilators until today, 4 distinct generations of ICU ventilators have existed, each with features different from that of the previous generation. All of the advancements in ICU ventilator design over these generations provide the basis for speculation on the future. ICU ventilators of the future will be able to integrate electronically with other bedside technology; they will be able to effectively ventilate all patients in all settings, invasively and noninvasively; ventilator management protocols will be incorporated into the basic operation of the ventilator; organized information will be presented instead of rows of unrelated data; alarm systems will be smart; closed-loop control will be present on most aspects of ventilatory support; and decision support will be available. The key term that will be used to identify these future ventilators will be smart!

The highlighted part is where a patentable innovation can be made. Otherwise the ventilators in use today were invented in 1940s t0 1950s with some refinements.
 
MkukiMoto

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Mwalimu-G said:
Abstract
The use of ventilatory assistance can be traced back to biblical times. However, mechanical ventilators, in the form of negative-pressure ventilation, first appeared in the early 1800s. Positive-pressure devices started to become available around 1900 and today's typical intensive care unit (ICU) ventilator did not begin to be developed until the 1940s. From the original 1940s ventilators until today, 4 distinct generations of ICU ventilators have existed, each with features different from that of the previous generation. All of the advancements in ICU ventilator design over these generations provide the basis for speculation on the future. ICU ventilators of the future will be able to integrate electronically with other bedside technology; they will be able to effectively ventilate all patients in all settings, invasively and noninvasively; ventilator management protocols will be incorporated into the basic operation of the ventilator; organized information will be presented instead of rows of unrelated data; alarm systems will be smart; closed-loop control will be present on most aspects of ventilatory support; and decision support will be available. The key term that will be used to identify these future ventilators will be smart!

The highlighted part is where a patentable innovation can be made. Otherwise the ventilators in use today were invented in 1940s t0 1950s with some refinements.
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Very informative, Mwalimu.
 
MkukiMoto

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Ole Waru said:
Why protect it if they created it for the greater good, that’s just greed
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Same reasons the Mpesa App created by two young Kenyans, Thigo and Kip should have been protected.
By the way, it was created for SODNET, a non-profit Kenyan NGO for common good.
I pointed out elsewhere on Klist that Michael Joseph acquired the rights and made $ millions for himself and Safaricom\Vodafone.
 
Ssabasajja

Ssabasajja

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Clemens said:
Havi is a breath of fresh air to the LSK, although he overplays his hand in issues. LSK is reclaiming it's lost glory.
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Mwendawazimu said:
Unahepa fossils unaingia league ya extortionists,wheeler dealers and corruption.
You should be very careful when dealing Havi & co akina prof ojienda
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Havi ni mtu wa Ojienda, one of the dirtiest lawyers this side of the Sahara.
 
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