More specifically, Marco Mascorro has built a mechanical ventilator, or a “pandemic ventilator” as he calls it, with car parts purchased from Amazon, using a very basic design that doesn’t ...

The German government just placed an order for 10,000 mechanical ventilators. What’s the U.S. government doing about a potential shortage here? Not much, it seems. President Trump alluded to the ...

The 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 ...

Many inventors are creating ventilator alternatives to prevent a shortage caused by COVID-19. Some doctors don't think that's a good idea.

An equivalent library for mechanical parts would be a boon to all designers. The line between electronics and mechanical design has always been a blurry one at best, and with more and more ...

The Mechanical Ventilator Milano, or MVM, ... The end result is an open-source ventilator with off-the-shelf parts that the MVM team hopes will close the gap between supply and demand on a short ...

In just six weeks, from March 19 to May 1, an international team of physicists and engineers led by Princeton’s Cristian Galbiati brought a ventilator from concept to FDA approval.. The U.S. Food and ...

The third team, based at EIA, is led by Dr. León Darío Jiménez, a mechanical engineer in his 60s who runs a Colombian company that distributes Swiss ventilators.

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