The "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Apparatus," developed by our faculty member Prof. Dr. Gülay Yılmazel and her colleagues, has been patented by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) following its design registration.
The CPR apparatus, developed by Hitit University faculty members Prof. Dr. Gülay Yılmazel and Dr. Ayşe Çalmaz, along with Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University faculty member Prof. Dr. Ali Kemal Erenler, allows for the application of CPR while maintaining its forceful effect.
Dr. Ayşe Çalmaz, from İskilip Vocational School, stated that they designed the apparatus, which allows for the correct positioning of the heel of the hand during massage, to preserve the effectiveness of CPR from start to finish.
Çalmaz stated that the active strip on the device is placed on the protrusion under the patient's sternum, thus attaching the device to the chest wall, and continued:
"After attachment, the vertical area on the edge is designed to allow the practitioner to apply pressure from the shoulder by grasping the hand position, while the convex part ensures that the pressure remains only on the heel of the hand, not spreading across the entire hand. In this way, the aim is to maintain the same effectiveness from the first minute until a response is received from the patient."
Our Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Gülay Yılmazel also underlined that a significant portion of deaths in Türkiye are due to cardiac arrest, stating, "It is reported that each minute of rapidly and effectively initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation increases the survival rate by 10 to 13 percent."
