{"id":4477,"date":"2020-03-15T01:14:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T00:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/?p=4477"},"modified":"2020-03-15T12:55:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T11:55:50","slug":"open-source-breathing-ventilators-covid19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2020\/03\/open-source-breathing-ventilators-covid19.html","title":{"rendered":"Low-Cost Breathing Ventilators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ambu-bag.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ambu-bag-500x296.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ambu-bag-500x296.png 500w, https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ambu-bag.png 663w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The high price of machine ventilators forces many hospitals in the poorest regions of the world to rely on a simple solution known as an Ambu Bag that requires constant manual pressure in order to get oxygen to the lungs.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/umbulizer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/umbulizer-500x358.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/umbulizer-500x358.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/umbulizer-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/umbulizer.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>The Umbulizer is a mechanically powered version of the Ambu Bag.<\/p>\n<p>More info &amp; on-going efforts<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0to design low-cost (incl. DIY\/3d-printed) ventilators: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.com\/TrevorSmale\/low-resource-ambu-bag-ventilor\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-hiw28u r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">https:\/\/<\/span>gitlab.com\/TrevorSmale\/lo<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-hiw28u r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">w-resource-ambu-bag-ventilor<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Open Source COVID19 Medical Supplies: <a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/670932227050506\/\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N7rGRwiBfs?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-focusable=\"true\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-hiw28u r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">http:\/\/<\/span>facebook.com\/groups\/6709322<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-hiw28u r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">27050506\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirustechhandbook.com\/hardware\">https:\/\/coronavirustechhandbook.com\/hardware\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/projectopenair.org\">https:\/\/projectopenair.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2019\/umbulizer-sloan-health-care-innovation-prize-0225\">http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2019\/umbulizer-sloan-health-care-innovation-prize-0225<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/The-Pandemic-Ventilator\">https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/The-Pandemic-Ventilator\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The high price of machine ventilators forces many hospitals in the poorest regions of the world to rely on a simple solution known as an Ambu Bag that requires constant manual pressure in order to get oxygen to the lungs.The Umbulizer is a mechanically powered version of the Ambu Bag. 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