COVID-19: project of a portable solar medical curator proposed by the CDER

Developed at the UDES/CDER, the proposed prototype concerns a portable medical conservative of a useful volume of 57 liters with steam compression, using the principle of accumulation of cold per eutectic solution (PCM), specifies the press release adding thatThis prototype was developed by integrating local materials, the number of the invention certificate of which is 9542, deposited on 12/31/2015 with the National Institute of Intellectual Property (INAPI).

The conservation product has an AC hybrid power supply unit (220V)/DC (12.24V), equipped with a power controller, as well as a light alarm system that indicates to the userThe passage from one electrical source to another (AC/DC).

The photovoltaic system integrated into the structure of the preservative consists of a 150AH/12V battery, a 20A regulator and two 75WC photovoltaic solar panels each, details the press release, stressing that the use of phase change materials (MCP) offered very great energy and refrigeration autonomy.

The temperature range is controlled by a digital thermostat, allowing the kit to operate in positive (refrigeration) and negative (preservation / freezing) temperatures with a minimum TMIN temperature = -18c according to its use.

The medical curator is equipped with a digital thermometer to indicate the ambient temperature.

The refrigerated energy efficiency is on two levels, namely: the design of the conservative and the importance of the packaging of the cold chain in the pharmaceutical field.

This product is suitable for travel on landlocked sites without electricity or with an unstable electrical network.

The system offers energy rationalization and great refrigeration autonomy to guarantee adequate conservation of pharmaceutical products in general and vaccines in particular.

To this end, underlines the press release, the portable solar medical curator "finds all its use in the vaccination campaigns against COVVI-19, especially in gray areas".

It is specified, however, that in order to approve it, it is necessary to subject it within "the short time" to rigorous test protocols and in accordance with the standards set by professionals, as well as the recommended performance and other prescriptionsessential techniques requested, such as temperature beaches and storage autonomy, the minimum capacity of vaccine doses to be transported and distributed, as well as resistance to vibrations and shocks.

On this basis, the developer of this equipment, notes Cerefe, "can commit to conducting all of the approval and certification tests necessary with the contribution of approved organizations in this area before considering any possible pre-industrialization through the manufacture of a limited series which will be offered to professionals for a field assessment ".