Low-Cost, Open-Source Mechanical Ventilator with Pulmonary Monitoring for COVID-19 Patients

Low-Cost, Open-Source Mechanical Ventilator with Pulmonary Monitoring for COVID-19 Patients

This paper shows the construction of a low-cost, open-source mechanical ventilator. The motivation for constructing this kind of ventilator comes from the worldwide shortage of mechanical ventilators for treating COVID-19 patients—the COVID-19 pandemic has been striking hard in some regions, especia...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Acho, Alessandro N. Vargas, Gisela Pujol-Vázquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Actuators
Subjects:
mechanical ventilator
low-cost ventilator
COVID-19
pressure sensor
artificial ventilation
health monitoring
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/9/3/84

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