We propose the design of a ventilator which can be easily manufactured and integrated into the hospital environment to support COVID-19 patients. The unit is designed to support standard ventilator modes of operation, most importantly PRVC (Pressure Regulated Volume Control) and SIMV-PC (Synchronised Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation) modes. The unit is not yet an approved medical device and is in the concept and prototyping stage. It is presented here to invite fast feedback for development and deployment in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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@article{arxiv.2004.00534,
title = {The HEV Ventilator Proposal},
author = {J. Buytaert and A. Abed Abud and K. Akiba and A. Bay and C. Bertella and T. Bowcock and W. Byczynski and V. Coco and P. Collins and O. Augusto De Aguiar Francisco and N. Dikic and R. Dumps and P. Durante and A. Fernández Prieto and V. Franco Lima and R. Guida and K. Hennessy and D. Hutchcroft and S. Ilic and A. Jevtic and K. Kapusniak and E. Lemos Cid and J. Lindner and M. Milovanovic and D. Murray and I. Nasteva and N. Neufeld and X. Pons and F. Sanders and R. Schwemmer and P. Svihra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.00534},
year = {2020}
}