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Emergency Disaster Ventilator Prototypes

[ARMEEVent @ArmeeVent]

Recommended accessories: EtCO2 Sensor, Manometer, Emergency Pressure Release vent and Bio Filters. Can operate on any high-flow (> 1.2 psi pressure) air source. Simple air mattress pumps may not be out of the question.

[ARMEEVent @ArmeeVent]

This is our "monostable" design offering Assisted Pressure Controlled ventilation at fixed PIP and PEEP settings. The plan is to offer multiple sizes of these devices for different PIP/PEEP settings in a nice polycarbonate block no bigger than a deck of playing cards

[Brian Walsh PhD RRT @BrianKWalsh]

Been evaluating an emergency ventilator that has no moving parts, can be mass produced and uses flow. Has potential and kinda’ exciting. More exciting than that is the group of volunteers from all walks of life giving it a go. Can’t wait to see what this group will do.

[ARMEEVent @ArmeeVent]

Find more from us at https://t.co/eqwy1zAYfl. We are currently finalizing designs and beginning clinical testing. Once production begins, we can pump-out hundreds or thousands per CNC or Injection Molding machine each day.

[ARMEEVent @ArmeeVent]

@BrianKWalsh Thank you for the interest @taliiiaaaaxo @KennethStrickle @ktreywalsh @AGonzalesRRT and others! We are currently working to find clinical testing and finalize designs. Please stay tuned here or on https://t.co/eqwy1zAYfl for updates, or let us know if you can help. Cheers!

[ARMEEVent @ArmeeVent]

@RT_AndreaBorns @BrianKWalsh If/when this can begin production, it can be made on the order of thousands per day by a single injection-molding machine, or hundreds by a single CNC Milling machine. Fastest rev-up of any device possible. Just need the clinical approval to proceed.

[ARMEEVent @ArmeeVent]

@RT_AndreaBorns @BrianKWalsh Thank you! We are definitely looking hard into military partnership, as well as production in the developing world. We are not short of mass-production partners/capabilities, though the delays are currently design finalizing and regulatory risks.

[ARMEEVent @ArmeeVent]

@NicoOnTheRoad @BrianKWalsh Yes indeed. Assisted Pressure Control, with a hard-set PIP and PEEP encoded into the geometry of each device. Plan would be to offer multiple sizes/shapes of device to target different desirable PIP and PEEP combinations and have practitioners swap them as needed.

[ARMEEVent @ArmeeVent]

@MangusSr @ReneTHerrera @BrianKWalsh The "bistable fluidic amplifier" design was first used in 1965 and tested on animals and humans successfully - it used calibration screws to set target PIP and PEEP values. Perhaps @MangusSr saw other groups using a similar design?

[ARMEEVent @ArmeeVent]

@doc294 @BrianKWalsh Hi Joshua, yes we are interested in the simple CPAP designs as well, though this device is more akin to a BiPAP - operating with Assisted Pressure Controlled ventilation at a set PIP and PEEP. See other posts in this thread for more detailed explanation or https://t.co/eqwy1zAYfl

[ARMEEVent @ArmeeVent]

@RuloArgentino @BrianKWalsh It operates on any high-flow stream of air or O2 (low pressures are fine), and can be modularly attached to any sensors. We will recommend a minimum of an EtCO2 tap and manometer for pressure and RR sensing (hopefully with alarms), an overpressure release, and viral filters

[ARMEEVent @ArmeeVent]

@RuloArgentino @BrianKWalsh By carefully tweaking the geometry of the device we can control the PIP, PEEP, and I:E, RR and TV this device is targeted for.