Open-Source, Low-Cost Ventilator for Corona Patients
The new device fits around an Ambu bag (blue), which hospitals already have on hand in abundance. Designed to be squeezed by hand, instead they are squeezed by mechanical paddles (center) driven by a small motor. This directs air through a tube which is placed in the patient's airway.
(Picture: Courtesy of the researchers)
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