UCT engineers design device to help kids, elderly asthma sufferers
Updated | By Breakfast with Martin Bester
Suffering from asthma or know someone who is?

This one’s for you!
Engineers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have created a new device which requires less force to activate the asthma pump or inhaler - making it far easier for children and the elderly.
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The device, aptly named the Easy Squeeze is an assistant device for metered-dose asthma inhalers. According to a press statement by UCT, the device was created as a response to inhalers commonly prescribed by doctors.

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Does anyone you know struggle to use the commonly prescribed inhaler?
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