Covid 19 Open Source Ventilator
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This is Seyed Mo Mirvakili, a biomedical engineer with PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and BASc from the University of British Columbia. In the current pandemic, in late February, I formed a small team to develop a low-cost (less than $250), high performance, and rapidly deployable ventilator to address its shortage worldwide. We successfully built and tested the device on an artificial lung over 80,000 cycles with our personal fund. Our goal is to make this work available to the public as an open-source project so people worldwide can use it. In particular, in underdeveloping countries, where very few or even no ventilator device is available in the medical facilities, this device can be life-saving.
To achieve this high-impact goal, we need to perform animal trials and then clinical trials on humans to evaluate the device further. There is no financial gain for the organizers/researchers, and the money raised will be used in conducting the trials.
We finished testing the device in early April. Since then, different funding sources have been sending us around. We are now determined to make this work available to the public as an open-source project as soon as we can.
The study will be conducted at university animal facilities under approved protocols by the animal care committees. Certified doctors/vets and anesthesiologists will be performing the clinical trials. The money raised here will be used to pay for the facility, medication, expertise, preparation/transport/care of the animal, and other infrastructure for the trials.
Should you have any questions, please do feel free to contact us. All donors will be acknowledged in the project.
Webpage of the project here .
Below is a short video of the device in operation.
To achieve this high-impact goal, we need to perform animal trials and then clinical trials on humans to evaluate the device further. There is no financial gain for the organizers/researchers, and the money raised will be used in conducting the trials.
We finished testing the device in early April. Since then, different funding sources have been sending us around. We are now determined to make this work available to the public as an open-source project as soon as we can.
The study will be conducted at university animal facilities under approved protocols by the animal care committees. Certified doctors/vets and anesthesiologists will be performing the clinical trials. The money raised here will be used to pay for the facility, medication, expertise, preparation/transport/care of the animal, and other infrastructure for the trials.
Should you have any questions, please do feel free to contact us. All donors will be acknowledged in the project.
Webpage of the project here .
Below is a short video of the device in operation.
Organizer
Seyed Mirvakili
Organizer
Vancouver, BC
