RespiraWorks thanks the following companies and individuals for their generous support of our mission.
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute have selected RespiraWorks for a $50,000 grant in support of our mission to build a low-cost, open source, full-feature ventilator. One of four interdisciplinary institutes for science and innovation at the University of California, CITRIS was created to develop information technology solutions for society’s most pressing challenges.
Protocol Labs has selected RespiraWorks as a recipient of their Covid-19 Open Innovation Grant of $20,000. With this funding we can fast-track injection molds for several difficult-to-source plastic parts and create custom PCBs for our control electronics, even before we've finalized an agreement with our potential manufacturing partners in Guatemala and India. This allows us to move as quickly as possible towards manufacturing our ventilators at scale.
An independent provider of next-generation technology for the embedded systems industry, PlatformIO Labs provides developers with cross-platform and feature-rich instruments that deliver a superior developer experience.
Its modular architecture enables developers to access a best-of-breed integrated development environment, by combining their favorite editor with a choice of operating systems, frameworks, SDKs, and enjoying the ease by which PlatformIO’s modern and powerful features speed up yet simplify the creation and delivery of embedded products. They provide development support to RespiraWorks.
Modelon provides software solutions and expert services for object-oriented system modeling of physical systems. Modelon’s leading simulation software, Library Suite, Creator Suite, and Deployment Suite, offer proven technology for modeling, simulation and design optimization.
Modelon donated software licenses and generous pro bono engineering support.
Autodesk Fusion 360 is a collaborative, cloud-enabled design platform. It includes all the tools you need to go from design to fabrication, without having to leave the tool. Autodesk donated a set of licenses for our project.
Bürkert is one of the world's leading manufacturers of measurement and control systems for liquids and gases. They provided alpha build equipment and engineering support for our ventilator design.
Expert in both user experience (UX) design and software engineering, Integrated Computer Solutions creates high-impact, often lifesaving, medical devices focused on usability and safety. ICS relies on proven processes and tools to help device manufacturers reduce costs and redundancies, enhance software performance, manage development complexity, stabilize new-product introductions and navigate key regulatory standards. ICS is supporting RespiraWorks with User Interface (UI) design expertise.
CircleCI allows teams to rapidly build quality projects, at scale. Their mission is to give people everywhere the power to build and deliver software at the speed of imagination. CircleCI donated their Performance tier cloud hosting.
PCBway is a complete online turnkey manufacturer for quick-turn electrical PCB fabrication and assembly, serving both prototyping and small production runs. PCBway procured and manufactured the circuit boards in the V0.4 Ventilator.
polySpectra is an advanced materials company on a mission to transform 3D printing from a prototyping aid into a production manufacturing tool. The company's novel chemical platform unlocks production-grade polymers across a broad spectrum of engineering properties and requirements including medical devices. Based in Berkeley, California, polySpectra is supporting RespiraWorks with functional printed parts and additive manufacturing advising.
With offices in Newport Beach, CA, Walnut Creek, CA, and Las Vegas, the law firm of Newmeyer Dillion practices in a wide range of areas including business litigation, intellectual property, real estate, privacy and data security, and insurance and risk management. The firm provided pro bono legal support for our efforts.
Nexcess, a Liquid Web Brand, provides web hosting for a wide range of software, including Woo Commerce, Magento, Drupal, and Craft CMS, the platform on which this website is built. Nexcess has donated hosting of RespiraWorks' website.
Makers of the versatile and powerful Craft CMS (Content Management System), Pixel and Tonic have donated a lifetime Professional license to their software.
A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development. Created by @adamwathan, developed in collaboration with @reinink, @davidhemphill, and @steveschoger. Tailwind UI is a user interface library which complements Tailwind. The creators donated a license to their library.
Slack is a collaboration hub that can replace email to help you and your team work together seamlessly. It's designed to support the way people naturally work together, so you can collaborate with people online as efficiently as you do face-to-face. Slack donated a license to the RespiraWorks team.
Part spreadsheet, part database, and entirely flexible, Airtable gives you the freedom to arrange your work just the way you like. Airtable donated a Pro license.
Zapier links and automates workflows between web applications, drastically reducing the time needed to do routine tasks manually and allowing for greater productivity across the board. Zapier donated a Starter 750 plan.
Aidann Bowley runs Bridging Unit, providing structured thinking and clear design to solve online communications challenges. Aidann assisted with CSS troubleshooting and pair programming.
Alnisa Algood, founder of Collaboration for Good and Melissa Anunson of Pyrite Ideas joined a naming exercise which helped us arrive at RespiraWorks.
With free online proofs, free worldwide shipping, and speedy turnaround, Sticker Mule offers custom printed products such as stickers, magnets, buttons, labels, and much more. Sticker Mule donated a set of stickers to give to donors and supporters for our outreach events.