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OP-Vent

https://op-vent.stanford.edu/ A different take: without an ambu bag. Claims: A mechanical ventilator design developed by Dally can be assembled quickly, using off-the-shelf parts with a total cost of around $400 — making it an accessible and affordable alternative to traditional, dedicated ventilators, which can cost $20,000 or more. Includes just two central components — a solenoid valve and a microcontroller. The design is called the OP-Vent , and in the video below you can see how bare-bones it is in terms of hardware compared to existing alternatives, including some of the other more complex emergency-use ventilator designs developed in response to COVID-19. Has been developed using input from mechanical engineers and doctors, including Dr. Andrew Moore, a chief resident at Stanford University and Dr. Bryant Lin, a medical devices expert and company co-founder. Can be assembled in as little as five minutes, and is small enough to fit in a Pelican case for easy transpor...

Definitions :relative fraction of inspired oxygen (relative F IO 2 ),

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraction_of_inspired_oxygen Fraction of inspired oxygen Fraction of inspired oxygen ( Fi O 2 ) is the molar or volumetric fraction of oxygen in the inhaled gas. Medical patients experiencing difficulty breathing are provided with oxygen-enriched air, which means a higher-than-atmospheric Fi O 2 . Natural air includes 21% oxygen, which is equivalent to Fi O 2 of 0.21. Oxygen-enriched air has a higher Fi O 2 than 0.21; up to 1.00 which means 100% oxygen. Fi O 2 is typically maintained below 0.5 even with mechanical ventilation, to avoid oxygen toxicity , [1] but there are applications when up to 100% is routinely used. Often used in medicine , the Fi O 2 is used to represent the percentage of oxygen participating in gas-exchange. If the barometric pressure changes, the Fi O 2 may remain constant while the partial pressure of oxygen changes with the change in barometric pressure.

Heatsink optimization

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MOTMq9g8Nk

Tubing

Polythene tubing is low outgasing .Teflon tubing produces the least out-gasing.