{"id":10428,"date":"2016-10-15T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T00:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/gwach\/?p=10428"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:37:21","slug":"2015-global-wach-coulter-seed-grant-recipients-create-anesthesia-device-for-developing-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2016\/10\/15\/2015-global-wach-coulter-seed-grant-recipients-create-anesthesia-device-for-developing-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Global WACh-Coulter Seed Grant recipients create anesthesia device for developing countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, a group of engineering students proposed the idea for a low-cost,\u00a0portable anesthesia delivery device specifically for use in resource-poor regions. The device&#8217;s aim was to\u00a0overcome the challenge\u00a0individuals in low-resource settings face\u00a0when crucial medical procedures are often not performed due to a lack of accessible anesthesia delivery.<\/p>\n<p>A $30,000 seed grant from the Global WACh-Coulter Foundation in 2015 allowed the team to design a benchtop test circuit, including a prototype of a simplified anesthetic vaporizer.\u00a0With investigative mentorship from\u00a0UW faculty and anesthesiology specialists, these\u00a0students are now working\u00a0to\u00a0create the\u00a0device that will make more surgeries possible and reduce unnecessary deaths.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engr.washington.edu\/news\/bwb_anesthesia\">Read more about this ongoing project.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, a group of engineering students proposed the idea for a low-cost,\u00a0portable anesthesia delivery device specifically for use in resource-poor regions. The device&#8217;s aim was to\u00a0overcome the challenge\u00a0individuals in low-resource settings face\u00a0when crucial medical procedures are often not performed due to a lack of accessible anesthesia delivery. A $30,000 seed grant from the Global&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2016\/10\/15\/2015-global-wach-coulter-seed-grant-recipients-create-anesthesia-device-for-developing-countries\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 2015 Global WACh-Coulter Seed Grant recipients create anesthesia device for developing countries\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,16],"tags":[14,41],"class_list":["post-10428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-research","tag-bioengineering","tag-coulter-seed-grant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10428"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18567,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10428\/revisions\/18567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}