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JJ_BPK

03-25-2020 12:24

Coronavirus - new ventilator

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

Quote:

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

03-25-2020 12:30

Well brilliant. A mechanical Bag-Valve-Mask!

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

Flagg

03-25-2020 14:20

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

03-25-2020 16:47

MIT submitted an open source design for a ventilator

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

cbtengr

03-25-2020 18:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gypsy (Post 657176)

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

03-26-2020 16:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbtengr (Post 657194)

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

Agree!

Ret10Echo

03-26-2020 16:43

Good for the UK

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

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