We are designing a ventilator, that can be assembled using off-the-shelf parts, in any part of the world.
a. We would NOT seek any financial incentive from this project - direct or indirect, EVER!
b. We would NOT copyright, or patent any portion of this work.
c. We would seek financial support, ONLY to get a CE certificate for the product, or distribute assembly kits.
d. The device should be manufacturable in any part of the world, using local tools. We are of course assuming that there would be secondary or tertiary care hospitals and support from local educational institution's labs, army facilities, governments.
e. We are NOT competing with any other project/product.
f. We will NOT use any proprietary hardware.
g. We will use ONLY open source software, which will be hosted on GitHub for everyone to download, fork, improve, and audit.
h. The total cost of the product should NOT exceed $500.
a. We would NOT seek any financial incentive from this project - direct or indirect, EVER!b. We would NOT copyright, or patent any portion of this work.c. We would seek financial support, ONLY to get a CE certificate for the product, or distribute assembly kits.d. The device should be manufacturable in any part of the world, using local tools. We are of course assuming that there would be secondary or tertiary care hospitals and support from local educational institution's labs, army facilities, governments.e. We are NOT competing with any other project/product.f. We will NOT use any proprietary hardware.g. We will use ONLY open source software, which will be hosted on GitHub for everyone to download, fork, improve, and audit.h. The total cost of the product should NOT exceed $500.
Every community impacted by a spike in COVID-19 is likely to run short of ventilators. This problem is compounded by supply chain disruption (including export bans) as well as the cost and complexity of most ventilator designs. The world needs low cost, open source designs that can be locally built in resource constrained environments.
All learnings will be openly shared and we are volunteer led. Once designs are ready for the real world, OBT will help coordinate the creation of how-to-make and how-to-use videos in multiple languages. Where required we will also connect projects with sources of funding to ensure as many patients who need ventilation will receive it.
Are you a respiratory physician, an anaesthetist, a respiratory nurse or physiologist, an intensivist? Have you worked in resource-constrained hospitals?
We need your help in defining the specification of the product.
Yes, getting a spec sheet from the ISO document could have been an option, but we want to hear from You - because you know it best!
Volunteer here: https://join.openbreath.tech/volunteer
Are you a student, enthusiast, hobbyist, maker?
We need you to act on the specifications and suggest ideas, work with the group to design parts, test and remake.
Volunteer here: https://join.openbreath.tech/volunteer
Are you an engineer- mechanical, electronic, biomedical, software, embedded systems?
We need you to make the product work.
Volunteer here: https://join.openbreath.tech/volunteer
Are you a designer?
We need you to put it all together, and deliver a working package.
Volunteer here: https://join.openbreath.tech/volunteer
Are you a communicator, project manager, social-media enthusiast, fund-raiser?
We need you to make the effort vectors line up and help us deliver a tested design in 4 weeks time.
Volunteer here: https://join.openbreath.tech/volunteer
You will hear from us within 24 hours, and will be added to our #slack co-working channel.
