Covid Ventilator

Design and Prototyping of a Low-cost Mechanical Ventilator

Due to the recent pandemic crisis, the availability of a mechanical respiratory aid device can save a life, being the main instrument to help those with respiratory issues.
The purpose of the project is to develop a reliable device close can be to a factory produced one to assist patients and provide basics functionalities, at least in this stage.
Even it's an open-source homemade device, to be compliant with the requirement regarding the properties and certifications needed for the materials used and to avoid contamination, on the air duct we have decided to use a conventional bag-valve-mask (BVM). -
The project was inspired by an open-source design available on the internet, actually a picture that circulated those days. We have identified some issues in that design and decided to make it easier to produce, with less mechanical components to buy and also more efficient.
We are aiming to update also the electroni