Giulia Gentle Neonatal Ventilation

The goal of the latest research in the field of neonatal intensive care is the use of nasal ventilation in order to minimize or avoid the practice of endotracheal intubation.
The challenge of Ginevri’s team was to enhance the nCPAP ventilatory support by combining it with ventilator breaths synchronized with the infant’s respiratory cycle. Giulia’s advanced technology and its unique flow transducer allow it to treat babies with nCPAP, nSIPPV and nSIMV, thus improving the pulmonary mechanics.
The system requires a minimum inspiratory effort to be activated. This activation follows the rapid increase of flow at the very beginning of the inspiration. The two synchronized modes nSIPPV and nSIMV perform a smooth transition from ventilator support to autonomous breathing. Furthermore, nCPAP can be delivered by Giulia in order to facilitate gradual weaning.
Giulia encloses an expiration valve, electronically controlled, that regulates the pressure levels inside the patient circuit during inspiration and expiration even in an open system.
The necessary parameters can be adjusted on its control panel in an intuitive and error-free way: FLOW, PIP, PEEP/CPAP, FiO2, Inspiration and Expiration times, Trigger Level.
A complete alarm range is active to ensure the maximum safety for the baby.
Gas management is ensured by an electronic Air/O2 blender that allows the required flow to be set with the chosen oxygen concentration.
The high resolution 10,4’’ TFT colour screen optimises viewing of Paw and FLOW waveforms as well as displaying of breathing parameters.
The special nasal cannula, made of soft silicone, is available in Small and Large sizes and it fits baby nostrils in the most natural way.