After one month and a half of demonstrating two new high-end ventilators from Nihon Kohden, namely NKV-550 and NKV-330 at the Intensive Care Unit of Bach Mai Hospital – a leading national hospital in Vietnam, JVC has received profound and positive feedback from the doctors and nurses who are directly using the ventilators inpatient treatment:

Regarding NKV-550 – A High Function Ventilator

1. User-friendly operation: 100% of doctors found the ventilator extremely easy to use and took less time to be familiar with the ventilator’s operation.

2. The synchronization between ventilator and patient (this is a highly important factor in mechanical ventilation, helping to improve the patient's condition): 71.4% rated good, and 28.6% rated very good.

3. Automatic Lung Recruitment (Gentle Lung feature) – this is the advantage of NKV-550 ventilator compared to other brands on the market: 100% of doctors have used and agreed this feature is useful for the clinician and helps simplify a complicated procedure.

4. Evaluation of the function to automatically find optimal PEEP: 100% of doctors have utilized and agreed that this feature is packed with many advantages and operating stably.

5. Top doctors' favorite features in NKV-550 ventilator:

+ 71.4% vote for the already built-in HFNC feature on the device.

+ 57.1% roots for Gentle Lung protection feature.

+ 42.9% of all users feel protected by utilizing an option for a 2nd remote screen in the COVID-19 treatment zone.

+ 14.3% of respondents love to use the device simply because of its user-friendly interface

6. 100% of doctors would like to continue using the NKV-550 ventilator after the demonstration period.

Regarding NKV-330 – a specialized non-invasive ventilator

1. User-friendly interface: 85.7% found the ventilator easy to use, the rest found it extremely easy to use.

2. The synchronization between ventilator and patient during operation: 71.4% rated good, 14.3% rated very good, 14.3% rated quite good.

3. Leakage compensation (this is an important feature, showing the accuracy of the sensors, helping to maintain the set parameters): 100% of doctors evaluated the ventilator to be accurate.

4. Doctors favor using NKV-330 ventilators for the following reasons:

+ 100% rooted for the built-in HFNC mode

+ 71.4% of all users are fond of how the main ventilator can be able to detach from the trolley and can be placed on the patient bed easily for transportation.

+ 42.9% favors the safety concept when the machine has a backup ventilation mode in case of apnea as well as supports big data storage capabilities.

5. All participating medical staff wishes to continue using the device after the demonstration period.