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Design and Prototyping of a Low-Cost Portable Mechanical Ventilator

This paper describes the design and prototyping of a low-cost portable mechanical ventilator for use in mass casualty cases and resource-poor environments. The ventilator delivers breaths by compressing a conventional bag-valve mask (BVM) with a pivoting cam arm, eliminating the need for a human ope...

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Autores principales: Al Husseini, Abdul Mohsen, Lee, Heon Ju, Negrete, Justin, Powelson, Stephen, Servi, Amelia Tepper, Slocum, Alexander H., Saukkonen, Jussi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7164497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32328214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.3442790