3D Printed Ventilator & Splitter

For the patients severely affected by the corona virus, they find difficulty in breathing. In hospitals, ventilators are used to supply oxygen to the patient’s lungs and remove carbon dioxide from it. This helps the patient to breathe.

The problem faced by many hospitals around the world is that there are limited numbers of ventilators compared to the number of patients. Due to the break in supply chain, it is not possible to manufacture those ventilators and make it available to the hospitals.

In time of this crisis, the 3D printing community has come up with a 3D printable ventilator. The prototypes have been tested and implemented in many countries. Not just the ventilator, the designers are also designing splitters for the ventilators. The splitters will help to support 1+ patients with a single ventilator. There are developments going in the design of 2-way, 3-way & 4-way splitters.

The open source project on ventilator is available in the below links. If you are looking to start anything on that, this link could work as a reference. All the updates are posted here.

If there is anything you can contribute, do your bit.

Image courtesy: https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/19/open-source-project-spins-up-3d-printed-ventilator-validation-prototype-in-just-one-week/

Check other stories and updates on 3D printed ventilators here.

https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/04/02/3d-printed-ventilator-splitters-for-covid-19/

https://time.com/5811091/makers-3d-printing-coronavirus/

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/coronavirus-pandemic-startups-3d-print-ventilator-parts-visors-to-bridge-shortfall-5079111.html

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3D Printed Valve

3D printers are extremely useful in the battle against corona virus [CoVid]. 3D designers around the globe are trying their best to help the people as well as the government to tackle this situation. They are lending away their time to design PPE (personal protective equipment) and also few other solutions to help out in this situation.

One of the ideas that helped a lot of patients and doctors in Italy, the most affected country in European Union, was to have 3D printed valves for reanimation devices. The hospital had shortage of valves due to the broken supply chain. Massimo Temporelli, designed this valve once he was contacted.

The 3D printed valve was tested as well implemented to save many lives in North Italy. The valve can be used to support the flow of oxygen from the oxygen tanks to the patients. Check out the story here.

https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/covid-19-3d-printed-valve-for-reanimation-device/

Image courtesy: The above link.

https://www.facebook.com/fablabmilano.page/videos/542288593061695/?v=542288593061695
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