Coronavirus - new ventilator

[JJ_BPK]

Sky News reporting new ventilator development.
Possibly 5000 @ week build rate
Global Herold link as Sky News uses cookies, and YT ...

A new innovation from the University of Oxford may soon be able to boost that number, thanks to an innovative design for a cheaper ‘off-the-shelf’ version.


https://theglobalherald.com/ventilat...solved/346203/

PS: Is a ventilator a tool?

[Old Dog New Trick]

Well brilliant. A mechanical Bag-Valve-Mask!

Yes a ventilator is a tool (machine) but usually more sophisticated than that.

[Flagg]

There’s a lot(understatement) of chatter in the US DOD innovator community about rapid prototyping of simple/low cost improved ventilator designs and PPE.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6...st-ventilator/

I reckon the ventilator problem will be solved more easily than the PPE N95 problem due to relative scaling,

[Gypsy]

MIT submitted an open source design for a ventilator

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6...st-ventilator/

[cbtengr]

Originally Posted by Gypsy

MIT submitted an open source design for a ventilator

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6...st-ventilator/

Lets's keep our fingers crossed, necessity is indeed the mother of invention.

[Gypsy]

Originally Posted by cbtengr

Lets's keep our fingers crossed, necessity is indeed the mother of invention.

Agree!

[Ret10Echo]

Good for the UK

What's the timeline for USDA approval in the U.S.?