The COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide and remains a challenge that humanity must still overcome. As hospitals continue to admit critical patients, they face medical equipment shortages that may hinder life-saving treatments. We seek to combat this equipment shortage by presenting a proof-of-concept portable automated ventilator that is:
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Low cost
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Simple, Lightweight, Easy-to fabricate
As an open-source project, we are sharing all the CAD files as well as the software. We hope that you can also make your own ventilator using these instructions! For the current designs, laser cutters and 3d printers are necessary, though these parts could be cut/printed elsewhere and then mailed to you for assemble.
Please check the full disclaimer as well before proceeding.
- The material and documentation here is provided with no warranties explicit or implied.
- No material on this site is intended to provide medical advice. All designs are intended for investigational use only.
- This site does not represent any official policies or procedures.
The project is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement.
In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages or other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise, arising from, out of or in connection with the software or the use or other dealings in the software.
Only use this repository, designs, documentation or any provided information if you accept the above disclaimer.
Ori-Vent: Design and Prototyping of Accessible and Portable Origami-Inspired Ventilators
Please cite:
Aihaitijiang, Abudula, et al. "Ori-Vent: Design and Prototyping of Accessible and Portable Origami-Inspired Ventilators." International Symposium on Experimental Robotics. Springer, Cham, 2020.
WPI Soft Robotics Lab softrobotics.wpi.edu
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
See tutorials in our project Wiki. Or download ReadMe.pdf
git clone the whole project or download .zip file (Include all Steps)
See here: https://youtu.be/49nRoLKjMFs