SME Diaries: We left our comfort zone and helped make ventilator from scratch in 2 months
Mr Yeo Boon Sain (foreground) started engineering firm Trilogy Technologies in 2010 as a one-man firm operating out of his father’s flat.
Mr Yeo Boon Sain started engineering firm Trilogy Technologies in 2010 as a one-man firm operating out of his father’s flat.
He recounts going out of his comfort zone to develop an emergency ventilator for Covid-19 patients from scratch.
This resulted in one of the firm’s most stressful periods as it had no experience in manufacturing products for the medical industry.
Also, there was a chance that they wouldn’t receive funding. This meant that if the project didn’t work out, they would have invested time and resources for nothing.
The SG-Inspire emergency ventilator developed by Trilogy Technologies. Photo courtesy of the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
But they pulled through, thanks to a team effort. In two months, Trilogy Technologies managed to deliver the SG-Inspire emergency ventilator.
