Low-cost Ventilator: Life Changing/Life Saving Inventions @MIT

Development of a Low-Cost Mechanical Ventilator


Clinician: Jussi Saukkonen, MD, Director of the Pulmonary Clinics, West Roxbury Veterans Hospital; holds academic appointment at Boston University Medical Center; Associate Program Leader, Inhalation Technology, CIMIT

MIT Student Team: Abdul Al Husseini, Heonju Lee, Justin Negrete, Stephen Powelson and Amelia Servi

This team will discuss the design and prototyping of a low-cost portable mechanical ventilator for use in emergency transport and resource-poor environments. Breaths are delivered using automated bag-valve mask (BVM) compression. Tidal volume and number of breaths per minute are set via three user-friendly input knobs and controlled by an internal microchip. The prototype also features assist control capability and an alarm to indicate over-pressurization of the system

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