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Low-Cost, Open-Source 'Acute Shortage' Ventilator

Researchers at the DOE’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory  have invented an emergency ventilator that could help save the lives of patients with COVID-19. The ventilator uses standard parts that cost less than $400 and could be an affordable option when more sophisticated technology is not available, in short supply, or too expensive. SLAC’s acute shortage ventilator is based on a simple model, but it adds a mechanism that automatically squeezes a self-inflating bag. The system also incorporates inexpensive electronic pressure sensors and microcomputers with software that precisely controls the squeeze. The microcomputers drive a small control panel, and operators can control the system with that or with a laptop computer.

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    00:00:00 our project started when two of our founding members one physicist and one doctor came together and saw the shortage of ventilators on our planet so we've gone through all the fda requirements and check them one by one to see if we indeed achieve those requirements we tested our ventilator not only

    00:00:25 on simple test lungs but we also went to simulation center of the va hospital together with two physicists and two doctors we spend about two days working on 29 different scenarios because we want to make sure that any patient on our ventilator actually is being held so our

    00:00:46 ventilator is affordable easy to build everywhere on the planet and safe and that makes our ventilator unique you