The Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply, Dr. Tariq Al-Hammouri, announced the completion of two models of two Jordanian respirators with high and advanced specifications, which were designed and developed by two specialized Jordanian teams according to the latest international standards and at a cost less than imported devices, with direct support from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply, the Royal Scientific Society and the Jordan Chamber of Industry and others. Dr. said. Hammouri during the mini-advertisement ceremony organized yesterday by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply in coordination with the Jordan Chamber of Industry, in the presence of the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply Youssef Al-Shamali and a limited number of stakeholders, and within what is specified in Defense Order 16 that this unprecedented achievement comes as a translation of the directives and visions of His Majesty King Abdullah II The necessity of giving creative and pioneering ideas the utmost care and attention, taking in the hands of the creators and providing them with possible support because of the great importance of this to the Kingdom and strengthening the development efforts exerted in various fields. The initial version of the auto-lung team device works on multiple systems such as the assisted breathing system, the forced breathing system and other assistance systems. While the initial version of the Breathe initiative works with a continuous forced breathing system, it is ready to add the assistive breathing system by modifying the programming only without the need to add new parts. The device also measures and monitors the pressure in the lung, moment by moment, and monitors the amount of air entering and exiting, as well as the time of inhalation and exhalation, and measuring the percentage of oxygen in the air entering the patient. Dr. said. Hammouri said that this achievement came at a very important time in which the world and Jordan are witnessing a rise in the number of infections with the Corona virus and the accompanying rise in demand for artificial respirators, pointing to the Kingdom’s ability to transform challenges into opportunities, as it is now producing large quantities of public safety and health protection supplies, especially masks. The local production of them currently exceeds 6 million masks per day, in addition to sterilizers and other requirements. He added that the ministry is working today with new work methodologies based on encouraging creativity and pioneering ideas and networking between the various relevant parties, which contributed to reaching products manufactured for the first time in Jordan, and the success story in the production of the respirator is the best proof of that. He called Dr. Hammouri, all creators and owners of pioneering ideas to review the Ministry for the purposes of providing them with possible assistance to develop their ideas and translate them into projects on the ground in cooperation and coordination with the relevant authorities from the private sector. For his part, Engineer Nart Ngweh, one of the organizers of the Auto-Lung project, said that the advantage of the respirators is that they are Jordanian par excellence, and have been developed to match the highest international standards, relying on the expertise of engineers with long experience in research and development. Engineer Muhammad Al-Kilani, one of those in charge of the project, said that the initiative “Breathe for the manufacture of Jordanian respirators and their consumables” was launched from several parties and individuals on a voluntary basis, as work was done to gather specialists in the field of design and manufacturing to build prototypes, as well as the participation of doctors and technicians, and to benefit from open source global designs with the aim of Designing, developing and manufacturing Jordanian alternatives to respirators and their urgently consumable spare parts. He added that the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply responded quickly to this initiative, embraced it, and provided all possible forms of support. It began facilitating the movement of the team based on the initiative during the imposition of the comprehensive ban imposed by the government last March to confront Corona's crying for the initiative team and the supply chains associated with the manufacture of the initial device. Coordination was also made with the representatives of the Royal Scientific Society to expedite the examination procedures, technical support and coordination with the highest levels of the Food and Drug Corporation in order to facilitate the work of the initiative team and follow-up its work. Al-Kilani said the team behind the project, which included general design engineers, mechatronics, medical consultants, respiratory and critical care specialists, and a medical researcher, studied more than 50 open source designs for ventilators.  He pointed out that the device was completed from a medical point of view based on the British specifications for the rapid production of respirators by the research and design team, design completion and preparation of the list of parts required for manufacturing compatible with the raw materials in Jordan. The first two versions of the two manufacturing models were also completed and examined by the specialized teams for examining respiratory devices in the Royal Scientific Society. And he indicated that the initial version of the respirator was built on the British specifications for the rapid production of ventilators (RMVS), which enables the doctor to determine the amount of air entering and leaving the lung in the cycle of one breath per minute), as well as monitoring the rate of inhalation and exhalation and the pressure required to remain in the lung at the end of the period. Exhalation PEEP, monitoring and determination of the percentage of oxygen in the patient's incoming air, pressure control, and associated safety factors. The head of the Jordan Chamber of Industry, Fathi Al-Jaghbir, said that this Jordanian achievement confirms Jordan's ability to produce and translate creative and innovative ideas into projects that serve the country, raise the added value of the national economy, and contribute to meeting the Kingdom's needs for basic medical equipment and supplies, as well as providing job opportunities. He added that the basis for the initiative's success is the effective partnership with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply, which responded in an unprecedented way to the idea and sponsored it in coordination with the Jordan Chamber of Industry until the production of the first Jordanian artificial respirator was achieved entirely in Jordanian hands, which confirms the importance of building on this achievement and expanding the base of partnership with various parties governmental. Among the most important supporters of this initiative are also the Zain Center for Creativity, the Industrial Cities Company, and many parties that have supported one way or another, including associations, hospitals and volunteer individuals.