Exovent - A New Treatment for Coronavirus and Sleep Apnoea

[@sam1shields]

What a great all-round description of what #Exovent is all about and what it hopes to achieve

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

Thank you so much for your comment! I want to make a few more videos, and I've already thought of a new experiment!

[@SimiSilver]

The world needs more people like you and your colleagues! I was recently diagnosed with a flurry of issues at age 55. Had I not been learning about how to treat my own patients for sleep disordered breathing as a dentist, I would never have stumbled across the fact that I have EDS and sleep apnea. It was all being chalked up to menopause potpourri of specialists that I have been sent to. Thank God for my own curious mind! I look forward to watching your videos as at least one out of three people I meet are easily evaluated and screened for OSA. including my eldest son who is graduating us a dentist and his fiancé is starting emergency medicine residency,.

[@dentheocean]

I saw an iron lung in 1985, at the time I was a teenager. This is something I will never forget, it haunts me to this day. I appreciate the exovent looks much more user friendly, only half the body is enclosed. But I hope and pray that I will never have to see an exovent iron lung. Thank you for the video though

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

Agreed, I saw a documentary on polio sufferers and then recently I saw a movie on the subject. Both were harrowing. Exovent isn't meant to be a long-term thing. it's more of a step down from intubation so we can free up beds, and prevent the complications of long-term intubation. Thankfully polio is mostly a thing of the past. we have a new generation of demons to contend with now.

[@dentheocean]

@@VikVeerENTSurgeon that is very true, a new generation of demons/viruses. Referring to your kind reply, iron lungs were not meant for long term use at the time. Polio patients were "ideally" meant to stay in them for a few weeks, and they used to wean patients by gradually increasing the time outside of the iron lung. Being a ENT surgeon, you know all of this anyway, I am sure. Sadly some patients stayed in the iron lungs for many months, years, and sometimes for most of their lives. The portalung was invented, which looked much friendlier and was much lighter, but according to service users, the iron lung was more efficient. Very often the spine of Polio patients was so misshapen due to disease and time spent in the respirator, that it simply was not an option to come out of the lung. I spent many years researching this. The sight of a real iron lung when I was 16 years old caused me much distress and almost developed into a phobia. Hence I watch and read absolutely everything I can find regarding the iron lung. Please accept my apologies regarding the long reply and by no means do I intend to portray the Exovent in a negative way. I am fully aware that its much less stress on a patient than sedation and intubation would cause. Its just a very personal matter to me, due to my unfortunate encounter with the "good old fashioned" iron lung and no doubt my mother's reaction at the time and dry explanation of what this machine was actually doing. I followed the late John Prestwich's life story, watched documentaries and a film of Rosanna Benzi and many others. I do have a medical background professionally, and I was lucky enough to visit the Gordon pathology museum when I moved to England in 1991. Maybe one day, I will have this chance again. In the meantime, I wish you good success in developing Exovent further to an even smaller device. Thank you.

[@najwasafi1910]

I live in the US and wish you were a doc here because I feel like you’re the only doc I would trust removing my tonsils

[@EKMGWats]

Lol “helps my gangsta image” - I love it! Really great education - thank you from the US!

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

I'm glad someone likes my jokes. hello from London (UK)!

[@tejrajjinagar7921]

Amazing information... 54 yrs, Indian,non diabetic, mild hypertensive having ethmoid sinus experience obstructive sleep apnea...now doing tongue n breath exercise... after Corona surge....will consult sleeping expert for further diagnosis... with regards

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

Good Luck!

[@lisaf938]

Brilliant! Thanks to you and your team for your service.

[@raquelgraham2575]

Another great educational explanation for everyday people to understand. Thank you.

[@selvarajkolandayan7344]

Dr my bless ings to you

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

Thank you.

[@Hope2SleepCharity]

Thank you Vik for such an interesting video which I came across by accident when looking for a different one. I personally have severe OSA with non-obesity hypoventilation (cause unknown of HV) so guess not for me, but very interesting for suitable patients when smaller. Thank you for working with the charity to develop this 👍

[@james7149]

I have obstructive sleep apnea and see tremendous hope in this new technology. I cannot under any circumstances tolerate cpap masks, I’ve tried them all...I pull them off during sleep as I find them claustrophobic . I hope a domestic version becomes available ASAP, thanks Dr Veer and to your fellow team members for doing this research🤞

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

I understand that there are governments around the world who are aiming to start building them soon. I am working on some videos soon, but they have a proper film maker now so I doubt I will have much a chance to lead on that. I will bring out footage of the device once I get to use it.

[@james7149]

@@VikVeerENTSurgeon Thank you Dr Veer, so appreciative of your reply. I’m in Australia (Tasmania) and have found little support or options. Currently on a waiting list to see an ENT surgeon...your information gives mr better knowledge when it comes to asking questions and finding solutions. Cheers, James.

[@Anarchsis]

@@james7149 what about surgery?

[@jhiamlukasolano]

Loved the experiment! 😎

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

Thank you! Are you still here in the rain, or did you manage to get home? keep up the good work!

[@jhiamlukasolano]

@@VikVeerENTSurgeon still here, getting used to the rain! 😎

[@MariaNyceDesigns]

Oh my Lord, this would be a fabulous device for sleep apnea! What kind of testing needs to be done in order to know what type of sleep apnea someone has? My doctor did a sleep study in the hospital after just looking into my mouth & simply told me I have a thick tongue & an operation isn’t possible to correct sleep apnea in my case. What other testing can be done to figure out what type of sleep apnea I may have? I currently have a CPAP machine that I VERY SELDOM use because it wakes me up just about every time I use it. Thanks so much for all your research & development, I appreciate you & these videos, GOD BLESS YOU & YOUR TEAM!!!

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

have a look at these two videos that will explain it for you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6OTe5qGrNaNbq8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6vbZKt3jppooM0

[@leonalado2875]

Hello! Great video. Thanks for sharing. Have you ever considered the Hayek RTX? It can offer what Exovent delivers and some, while using a much smaller cuirass shell applied to the patients chest.

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

The Hayek device is an excellent device and works really well in their target population. Although exovent is also based on negative pressure, it functions very differently and ultimately treats different population groups. There is a lot of interest in these ideas, and we are undoubtedly going to learn so much from these devices long term.

[@hesekielvonfrancois6703]

Thank you thank you, Very much!!! You advise is the best. Help my a lot

[@wmw2318]

Where do you get this machine? I really like listening to you do you make a lot of sense. Thank you for the information

[@Savannah-ed4rv]

Sounds like the iron lungs used in America for polio patients. And seems like a great idea, if it can be made smaller. I wouldn't want that machine in my house!

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

Hopefully you will never need it. It's mostly going to be used as a temporary thing in hospital. Thanks for your comments.

[@GHRAPRIL1946]

Good idea Is this not similar to the old ‘iron lung’ that patients with Polio used in the past ?

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

Exactly the same principle yes! The difference is that Exovent is much lighter (about 10kg), easier to get in and out of, smaller (really just around the chest rather than the whole body), and much cheaper. We are currently trying to make a £300 exovent that can be constructed from scratch from supplies simply bought in an average sized African town. The idea is to make something that we can construct quickly and simply with maximal effectiveness. Those Iron Lungs where phased out because they were too big and too expensive, but we want to bring it back and also show the benefits of this technology. Now safer than positive pressure, more comfortable, and cheaper is what we want to explain to the world.

[@avahoffer341]

Well done!

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

Thank you!

[@wheels5894]

Isn't this device the old 'Iron Lung' used for polio patients in the middle of the last century?

[@bendirval3612]

Looks like what they used to call an iron lung, like what they used for polio patients. Same thing, right?

[@CentralVirginian1]

I'm interested in this concept. Central sleep apnea, using Resmed Aircurve ASV with low flow O2 overnight, and I still manage to not breathe - CPAP air gets swallowed or just blows out my mouth. Taping lips only helps partially. I'd be interested in participating in any studies of this or similar device to treat apnea.

[@michelefiorilla9714]

Is this not just an updated 'Iron Lung'?

[@kumarrr5896]

Thank you!!!!

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

No problem

[@RomanovDA]

Can one make a side conclusion from this video that weighted blankets could worsen tgr shallow breathing and apnea?

[@Ganpatibappa2010]

Lovely 🌹

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

Thank you!

[@MrWallyGattor]

Isn't this just a modern version of an "Iron Lung" machine used for polio patients in 1952??

[@jonchalk3855]

Isn't this exovent similar to an iron lung?

[@Ryan-gz6ym]

Would this work for tongue-obstructive sleep apnea?

[@kamranchuahan8025]

I have difficulty sleeping, i can not deflate my lungs,while sleeping, the dighragm kicks in to breathout that keeps me awake,and the urge to breathe out properly wakes me up early,please help

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

See a respiratory doctor and get a sleep study - that's my advice. You need a diagnosis. good luck

[@brijeetinapod1654]

I'm experiencing exactly the same after Covid-19. I didn't have it before. Are you doing better?

[@unica4u971]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

glad you think so 👍

[@davidbgreensmith]

Isn't this how the iron lung worked?

[@kumarrr5896]

How can we import it?

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

They are in production as we speak. I think there are a lot in India being made (i'm just guessing that's where you are from - sorry).

[@squizitzithatsitalianforyu4782]

👍👍👍

[@rachelcharris]

Iron lung? If you could reduce this device there's a man in America that would be super grateful and happy life-changing for him as he's the last surviving polio sufferer.

[@marykemnitz7905]

New version of 1950’s iron lung

[@ltyrell405]

An iron lung?

[@ashokgurung618]

Although I snore but never had any sleep problem untill last month when I had chest pains due to digestion issues. Due to which I took lot of stress and since then everytime I try to sleep, I wake up with shortness of breath and my heart racing. And I don't get enough sleep. I feel tired whole day and it's really affecting my daily life. I called my gp, and I was advised to take phenegran. But I feel it's something else. Am I suffering from sleep apnea? Is it possible to develop sleep apnea all of a sudden?

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

I've replied to your other comment Mr Gurung

[@jitinverma3382]

I have OSA and it sucks

[@mannykhan7752]

That's basically an iron lung imo

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

yes pretty much, the only differences are that it's light weight, cheap and only covers the chest.

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Iron lung in miniature

[@johnspence8141]

LOL people are NOT well enough to get off their ventilators. Also we don't have these machines everywhere...if someone died in this thing it would be chaos.

[@Isaacrose12]

Could've done without the gangster image--it was not particularly gang activity and a tad racist--but otherwise useful information