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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Could the best mode of noninvasive support for COVID-19 be… CPAP	Not peer reviewed, this document argues that CPAP might be a good solution instead of ventilation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.

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