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Help Roger Fight ALS

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My name is Roger Faulkner.  I am a successful inventor, with a strong scientific background.  Many of my inventions have been patented.  I also have ALS and I am mostly paralyzed, living on 24/7 ventilator support.  

My mind remains sharp and productive.  Living independently, I’ve been able to continue working on several inventions, the most important of which are directly aimed at helping those of us with ALS.  

In order to commercialize these medical ventilator inventions, I have established a company called Rethink Respironics which I hope to have fully funded between April to June 2021. In the meantime, I have a financial crisis and I'm asking for your help.  My money has run out.  My long-term disability insurance policy on which I had been living expired in November.   

I seek to raise $25,000 through this GoFund Me page to enable me to carry on my work over this interim period.

As to my work, one of my most promising and significant inventions is a conformal vest ventilator (CVV) which I designed to enable millions of people with severely compromised lungs (including myself) to breathe much more easily than anything available today.   In pursuit of this invention, I have filed an international patent application which is currently under review and I am seeking FDA approval. 

In recognition of the potential significance of these inventions and others, I was selected to present a TEDx talk called "The Power of Invention" on October 9th, 2020.   The talk is expected to go online in January.  That will no doubt create opportunities for me. 

I have several important approaching milestones that will likely give me funding on which I can continue to live and work effectively.  However, and most importantly, there is a gap between today and when I can reasonably expect such funding to materialize.   

I write this to demonstrate how active I am now, and that I have realistic prospects for not needing ongoing help after this bridge funding.

By way of references, I have developed deep friendships at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, especially Joe Papovich, David Pfohl, and Alan England, who can attest to my character and my work.
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  • Anonymous
    • $50 
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  • Richard Wampler
    • $250 
    • 3 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $15 
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    • $5 
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  • Aimee Weakley
    • $20 
    • 3 yrs
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Fundraising team (7)

Roger Faulkner
Organizer
Raised $6,718 from 21 donations
Davidson, NC
Shana Raymond
Beneficiary
David Pfohl
Team member
Raised $725 from 4 donations
Joseph Papovich
Team member
Raised $450 from 5 donations
Jake Wenzel
Team member
Raised $400 from 1 donation
Cara Devine
Team member

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