AmbuBox: A Fast-Deployable Low-Cost Ventilator for COVID-19 Emergent Care.

ABSTRACT: We present a low-cost clinically viable ventilator design, AmbuBox, using a controllable pneumatic enclosure and standard manual resuscitators that are readily available (AmbuBag), which can be rapidly deployed during pandemic and mass-casualty events with a minimal set of components to manufacture and assemble. The AmbuBox is designed to address the existing challenges presented in the existing low-cost ventilator designs by offering an easy-to-install and simple-to-operate apparatus while maintaining a long lifespan with high-precision flow control. As an outcome, a mass-producible prototype of the AmbuBox has been devised, characterized, and validated in a bench test setup using a lung simulator. This prototype will be further investigated through clinical testing. Given the potentially

SUBMITTER: Fang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472193 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature