Simple Ventilators for Emergency Use Based on Bag-Valve Pressing Systems: Lessons Learned and Future Steps
Open Access
- 16 October 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Applied Sciences
- Vol. 10 (20), 7229
- https://doi.org/10.3390/app10207229
Abstract
As part of a plethora of global efforts to minimize the negative effects of the SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) pandemic, we developed two different mechanisms that, after further development, could potentially be of use in the future in order to increase the capacity of ventilators with low-cost devices based on single-use-bag-valve mask systems. We describe the concept behind the devices and report a characterization of them. Finally, we make a description of the solved and unsolved challenges and propose a series of measures in order to better cope with future contingencies.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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