Development of a Simple Air- and O2-Powered Ventilator for Care of COVID-19 Patients

开发用于护理 COVID-19 患者的简单空气和 O2 动力呼吸机

• 批准号: 555180-2020
• 负责人: Defoe, Jeffrey
• 金额: $ 3.64万
• 依托单位: University of Windsor
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=705802
• 关键词: Development; Simple; Air; O2; Powered

This project aims to advance a novel, simple ventilator concept from an initial concept through development of a proof-of-concept prototype, to lab-based validation of the design. The main difference between this ventilator design and existing products in the market are that it is to be assembled mostly from off-the-shelf components, has almost no moving parts, and will be extremely low-cost (approximately ten times less expensive than most current ventilator models). The final design will be openly available to enable widespread adoption for manufacturing in case future waves of COVID-19 and/or other respiratory diseases require high levels of hospitalization in intensive care with ventilators. The low cost of the proposed ventilator design should enable adoption of larger numbers of devices and may enable ventilation-supported care in developing nations where traditional ventilator costs are prohibitive. The outcome of the overall project will thus be highly significant for health outcomes in Canada and around the world for dealing with the current and future pandemics.

该项目旨在通过开发概念验证原型，再到基于实验室的设计验证。这种呼吸机设计和市场现有产品之间的主要区别在于，它主要是由现成的组件组装而成，几乎没有运动部件，并且将是极低的成本（大约是当前呼吸机型号便宜的十倍）。最终的设计将公开可用，以便在未来的Covid-19和/或其他呼吸系统疾病的浪潮中进行广泛采用来制造，需要与呼吸机的重症监护率高水平的住院治疗。 拟议的呼吸机设计的低成本应能够采用大量设备，并可以在传统呼吸机成本过高的发展中国家中提供通风支持的护理。因此，整个项目的结果对于加拿大和世界各地的健康成果将非常重要，以应对当前和未来的大流行。