| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Hardware preliminary design review | Presentation of the end-to-end hardware design. |
| Helpful Enginering Pandemic Ventilator Project Proposal | Check out our project summary, timeline, and implementation plan, drafted for Helpful Engineering. |
| RespiraWorks Design Overview Document | Latest update on the RespiraWorks ventilator design. |
| RespiraWorks GitHub repository | Our GitHib organization, containing all our projects. |
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Beatmungsgerät (Respirator) | A great project using an open source fan design. It’s in German, but can be easily translated using the Google Translate extension. |
| Protofy Team OxyGEN | OxyGEN created an open hardware, low cost and low tech emergency respirator using a manual resuscitator. |
| Ventilaid | A ventilator using a pneumatic actuator. They are currently working on a second electrical prototype. |
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| ASTM testing specification on ventilators | Standard Specification for Ventilators Intended for Use in Critical Care1 |
| Bench Tests of Simple, Handy Ventilators for Pandemics: Performance, Autonomy, and Ergonomy | compare simple, lightweight, and handy ventilators that could be used in the initial care of patients with respiratory distress. |
| Could the best mode of noninvasive support for COVID-19 be… CPAP | Not peer reviewed, this document argues that CPAP might be a good solution instead of ventilation |
| Enforcement Policy for Ventilators and Accessories | FDA guidance on the creation of ventilators, respiratory devices, and their accessories during this pandemic. |
| FDA guidance on ventilators | EUA |
| Handbook of COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment | PDF of guidelines for healthcare workers and technical specs for ventilators from China. |
| Handbook of Covid19 prevention and treatment guidelines from China | Guidelines for healthcare workers and some technical specs for ventilators from China |
| ISO standard for connectors Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment — Conical connectors Standard | Standard for medical fittings and hose dimensions |
| ISO standard for humidifiers 80601-2-74 | ISO standards for humidifiers |
| ISO standard for ventilator equipment 80601-2-12 | ISO standard for ventilator |
| ISO Standards for Anesthetic and Respiratory Equipment | Standards for medical fittings and hose dimensions. |
| Medcram lecture on mechanical ventilation | Medcram taking the patient off the ventilator ABG, checklist |
| Medical Ventilator system basics textbook - Yuan Lei | Comprehensive textbook on mechanical ventilation and basic physiology |
| MHRA UK standard for Rapidly Manufactured Ventilator System | Detailed requirements for ventilator |
| MIT design specification | Requirements for their much publicized ambu bag design |
| NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical Network Mechanical Ventilation Protocol Summary | Recomendation for the PEEP and FIO2 combinations |
| Novel Coronavirus Information Center | expert, curated information for the research and health community on novel coronavirus (COVID-19). All resources are free to access and include guidelines for clinicians and patients |
| NXP Ventilator/Respirator Hardware and Software Design Specification | |
| OCSMS - Ventilator Machines | Resources, requirements, and standards for medical-grade ventilators. |
| Open Source, Open Architecture Ventilator Engineering Design Specifications | The Center for Safety, Simulation and Advanced Learning TechnologiesUniversity of Florida Health |
| Parameters for Simulation of Adult Patients During Mechanical Ventilation | |
| Preliminary FDA guidelines | Refers to the ASTM testing specification and gives an overview of expected documents for 510(K) |
| Requirements for ventilator-Code Life Ventilator Challenge - Montreal Canada | Summary requirement based on the ISO standard |
| Respiratory Mechanics in Mechanically Ventilated Patients | This paper covers both basic and advanced respiratory mechanics during mechanical ventilation. |
| Surge capacity mechanical ventilation | Great summary of nice to have and mandatory requirements for ventilator |
| Surge Capacity Mechanical Ventilation | Summary of mandatory and nice-to-have requirements for ventilator construction and use. |
| The standard of care of patients with ARDS: ventilatory settings and rescue therapies for refractory hypoxemia | |
| Ventilator/Respirator Hardware and Software Design Specification | Freescale manufacturer guidelines for ventilator |
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| OCSMS Open Source COVID19 Medical Supplies | Summary of COVID-19 situation and supply needs |
| Recommendations for intensive care therapy of patients with COVID-19 | Published document about guidelines to using a ventilator |
| Respiratory Mechanics in Medically Ventilated Patients | PDF of guidelines for healthcare workers and technical specs for ventilators from China. |