Today we celebrate the successful installation of NAMRU-D’s Hypoxia Ventilation Research Device (HVRD) at TNO and CML, the Netherlands.
Recently, NAMRU-D developed the so-called Hypoxia Ventilation Research Device (HVRD) which allows dynamic manipulation of gas content, pressure and flow to simulate aviation breathing scenarios. Now the HVRD is installed at TNO and CML, the setup can be used for research on physiological events or episodes (e.g., hypoxia and hyperoxia) and the aircraft life support system (e.g., low regulator inlet pressure and increased breathing resistance).
The Naval Medical Research Unit in Dayton, USA (NAMRU-D) is one of the eight laboratories within the Department of Defense’s Navy Medicine Research & Development Enterprise and located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. As a subordinate command to Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), NAMRU-D is home of the Environmental Health Effects Laboratory (EHEL) and the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL).