Emergency ventilator

Authors

  • Facundo Pasquevich
  • Alejandro Patanella
  • Guillermo Garaventta
  • Marcos Actis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/26838559e020

Keywords:

ventilator, AMBU, PRVC, COVID-19

Abstract

The scenario observed in different countries indicates against the COVID-19 Pandemic that it could be a possible saturation of the health systems and its consequent lack of respirators for severe patients with COVID-19 pathology, increasing the degree of mortality from the disease. The emergency mechanical ventilator developed wants to establish a means of mechanical ventilation to patients who cannot breathe on their own. The ventilator provides positive pressure of pulmonary ventilation to COVID-19 patients. This system is used to assist patients in serious medical emergency conditions, achieving temporary support, while stabilizing the patient and then transfer him to an advanced mechanical ventilator that allows controlling more medical variables and to give him adequate therapeutic treatment.
The general objective of the development is the design a regulated pressure and volume controlled mechanical respirator (PRVC) based on the automation of a manual respirator or AMBU type resuscitator. This equipment can replace the manual task performed by health personnel in the operation of an AMBU resuscitator by an autonomous system that can temporarily achieve the same function. The use of the AMBU, as a pressure generating system, is based in using ANMAT approved equipment, so this will lead in a shorten certification process.

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Published

2020-12-11

How to Cite

Pasquevich, F., Patanella, A., Garaventta, G., & Actis, M. (2020). Emergency ventilator. Social and Technological Development and Innovation, 2(2), 134–166. https://doi.org/10.24215/26838559e020