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Original title is "Emergency mask for hospital ventilators". The title on the post is misleading. A ventilator is a machine with electronics, moving parts, and
by azernik 7y ago
Original title is "Emergency mask for hospital ventilators". The title on the post is misleading.
A ventilator is a machine with electronics, moving parts, and sensors that pushes air into people's lungs and pulls it back out. This is an improvised replacement for one of the less- or non-reusable accessories in short supply, the mask that goes on the patient.
- nireyal 7y agoTechnically it is a "ventilation-assisted mask" but according to the sketches, it does plug directly into the hospital's oxygen system. Scroll down to the bottom to see sketches.
- azernik 7y agoWhat you refer to as the "hospital's oxygen system" is the oxygen output port on a ventilator. See also this note in the text: "The prototype as a whole has been tested on one of our colleagues directly inside the Chiari Hospital, connected to the ventilator body, and has proven to be correctly working."