Upright Resuscitator
From $8
Upright is a self-inflating manual resuscitator that is intended for patients requiring total or intermittent ventilatory support. With its innovative and ergonomic design, Upright provides positive pressure ventilation (PPV) and allows for spontaneous breathing with a face mask or an artificial airway.
Upright is available in two different configurations:
- Upright
- Upright with PEEP (positive end-expiratory pressure)
The product comes with two silicone face masks; Laerdal Newborn Mask sizes 0 and 1. A reusable oxygen kit is available as an accessory to both Upright and Upright with PEEP, enabling provision of supplemental oxygen.
Good seal, high quality ventilations
The vertical design of Upright allows forces to be centered on to the face mask, which can have benefits regarding mask sealing to minimize leakage.
Confident health care workers
Upright is intended to be used by health care workers trained in delivering ventilatory support and in the use of manual resuscitators. The unique vertical design of the bag allows health care workers to have a good overview of the chest rise of the newborn.
Easier to clean and reuse
Upright has fewer parts than most other resuscitators, making it easier to disassemble and reassemble. The product has been independently validated to achieve high-level disinfection by boiling in clean water and by autoclaving.
A label around Upright’s neck coupling is a reminder of how the parts are reassembled after cleaning. Included with the Upright is a pictorial user guide, which can be put on the wall, showing assembly, disassembly, and reprocessing of the device.
Also available with PEEP
Upright with PEEP provides PEEP of approximately 6 cmH₂O, and is the first low-cost reusable resuscitator with integrated reusable PEEP valve on the market. PEEP enhances respiratory function by preventing alveolar collapse, thus improving lung compliance.
ILCOR treatment recommendations from 2020 suggests that PEEP should be used for the initial ventilation for premature newborns during delivery room resuscitation. Furthermore, ILCOR suggests that PEEP of approximately 5-6 cmH₂O should be administered to preterm newborn infants receiving positive pressure ventilation.
Integrated into Safer Births Bundle of Care
Upright is a part of Safer Births, and integrates into the Safer Births Bundle of Care scale up in Tanzania.
Upright can be stored using the wall-mount together with NeoBeat for easy access.
Additionally, Upright may be used for training purposes, for example together with NeoNatalie Live newborn ventilation trainer.
Medical Device Regulation (MDR) approval for resuscitators and masks
Ensuring that medical devices are safe and effective.
- The vertical design of Upright allows forces to be centered on to the face mask, which can have benefits regarding mask sealing to minimize leakage.
- Fewer parts than most other resuscitators, making it easier to disassemble and reassemble.
- Validated to achieve high-level disinfection with boiling in clean water and by autoclaving.
- A label around Upright’s neck coupling is a reminder of how all the parts of the device.
- Includes a pictorial user guide, which can be put on the wall, that shows assembly, disassembly, and reprocessing.
- Can be stored using the wall-mount together with NeoBeat for easy access.
- A reusable oxygen kit can be purchased as an accessory.
- Product size:
- Upright: Approx. 72 x 85 x 217 mm
- Upright with PEEP: Approx. 74 x 87 x 217 mm
- Product weight (kg):
- Upright: Approx. 190 g
- Upright with PEEP: Approx. 200 g
- Operating temperature [°C]: -18 °C to +50 °C
- Storage temperature [°C]: -40 °C to +60 °C
- Materials: Silicone rubber (SI), Polysulphone (PSU), Stainless steel, Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), Polycarbonate (PC)
- Material Free: Latex, Phthalates
- Internal bag volume: 330 ml
- Tidal volume: >150 ml
- Pressure-limiting valve: 30-45 cmH₂O
- Dead space: 4 ml (water volume)
- Expiratory resistance: < 2.5 cmH₂O
- Inspiratory resistance: < 0.5 cmH₂O
- Patient connector: 15 mm ID, 22 mm OD
- CE or Notified Body Number: CE2460
- Product conformity with standards: ISO 10993, ISO 10651-4, ISO 5356-1
Reprocessing methods:
- Cleaning with soap and water
- Boiling 10-20 minutes
- Chemical – Act. Glutaraldehyde
- Autoclaving
- Upright Resuscitator or Upright Resuscitator with PEEP
- Mask size 0
- Mask size 1
- User Guide (can be put on the wall)
- Gomo et al. (2020)
Delivery of Positive End Expiratory Pressure Using Self Inflating Bags during Newborn Resuscitation Is Possible Despite Mask Leak.
Delivery of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Using Self-Inflating Bags during Newborn Resuscitation Is Possible Despite Mask Leak – PubMed (nih.gov)
- Holte et al. (2020)
Positive End Expiratory Pressure in Newborn Resuscitation Around Term: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Newborn Resuscitation Around Term: A Randomized Controlled Trial – PubMed (nih.gov)
- Tracy et al. (2019)
Newborn self-inflating manual resuscitators: precision robotic testing of safety and reliability.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30337333/
- Rafferty (2018)
Neonatal mannequin comparison of the Upright self inflating bag and snap fit mask versus standard resuscitators and masks: leak, applied load and tidal volumes.
Neonatal mannequin comparison of the Upright self-inflating bag and snap-fit mask versus standard resuscitators and masks: leak, applied load and tidal volumes | ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition (bmj.com)
- Thallinger (2017)
Born not breathing: A randomised trial comparing two self- inflating bag masks during newborn resuscitation in Tanzania.
Born not breathing: A randomised trial comparing two self-inflating bag-masks during newborn resuscitation in Tanzania – PubMed (nih.gov)
Additional information
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