MIT will post plans for copyleft, Open-Source design for ventilator that can be made for $100

[Deleted member 12790]

The power of #FOSS:

MIT Emergency Ventilator | Design Toolbox

The MIT Emergency Ventilator is a toolkit created for rapid response in a crisis. It is offered as open source, and will evolve as we learn more.

e-vent.mit.edu

Open Source Design

At the present time, we are producing four sets of material, which we will be releasing and updating on this site in an open-source fashion:

1. Minimum safe ventilator functionality based on clinical guidance
2. Reference hardware design for meeting minimum clinical requirements
3. Reference control strategies and electronics designs and supporting insights
4. Results from testing in animal models

We are releasing this material with the intent to provide those with the ability to make or manufacture ventilators, the tools needed to do so in a manner that seeks to ensure patient safety. Clinicians viewing this site can provide input and expertise and report on their efforts to help their patients.


As with any research to design to scale-up to manufacture, we anticipated that there will be many problems and it is our goal to provide this site as a tool to "close the loop" and receive feedback. We will also do our best to publish the most relevant pieces of information in the discussion forum for all to see.


We invite anyone who is interested to follow this work.


Commenting is moderated and access to comment will be granted based on expertise and quality of comment. This is to ensure that the discussion is constructive and focused on safety.

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This is a ventilator that can be built without access to much equipment from more ordinary items, for $100 compared to the usual $30,000 cost.

This makes me incredibly proud of open source design as a concept.

 

[Deleted member 12790]

University of Illinois is planning on doing the same thing with a design of their own, an example of concurrent invention: https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/u-of-i-researchers-create-emergency-ventilator-prototype/

 

[16bits]

actual vents do not cost $30,000 to make

 

[Deleted member 12790]

actual vents do not cost $30,000 to make

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I didn't say they cost $30,000 to make, but rather a cost I read a few days ago regarding their market price right now. This is copyleft, so anybody can produce them freely.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Trump admin is probably going to step in and try and put a stop to this. Profits have to be protected at all costs.

 

[Deleted member 14518]

Irish engineer took his 3d printer and equipment home with him - we've been home for 3/4 weeks now - and started the project. The prototypes are in production now I think. Plans are on github:

opensourceventilator.ie

This domain may be for sale!

opensourceventilator.ie

 

[Deleted member 12790]

Trump admin is probably going to step in and try and put a stop to this. Profits have to be protected at all costs.

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Without a doubt these are all clean room engineered at the worst. Besides, once the genie is out of the bottle, they can't squash the design from getting out there. And it appears this is happening world wide, I just saw another one about a group in england about to release their own open source design.

 

[hateradio]

This is pretty cool. Wonder who will make them.