Updated: May 07, 2021 10:40 IST SwasthVayu, the briefcase-sized ventilator weighs under 3 kg and can be useful for mild to moderate COVID-19 patients, Managing Director Baddam Jaipal Reddy told presspersons on Wednesday. Share Article AAA SwasthVayu, the briefcase-sized ventilator weighs under 3 kg and can be useful for mild to moderate COVID-19 patients, Managing Director Baddam Jaipal Reddy told presspersons on Wednesday. Defence, aerospace design and development solutions provider Apollo Computing Laboratories has indigenously developed a portable, non-invasive ventilator. SwasthVayu, the briefcase-sized ventilator weighs under 3 kg and can be useful for mild to moderate COVID-19 patients, Managing Director Baddam Jaipal Reddy told presspersons on Wednesday. It delivers oxygen through a non-vented mask tightly fitted to the face, without a need for tracheal intubation or a tube being inserted through the mouth into the windpipe.