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I'm helping lead software development for http://respira.works http://respira.works, another one of these emergency ventilator projects. Our software is licens
by jlebar 6y ago
I'm helping lead software development for http://respira.works http://respira.works, another one of these emergency ventilator projects.
Our software is licensed as Apache 2. I'm not sure if the HW license is settled, but the intent is to go with a similarly-permissive license.
To preempt the big question of, how are we different from the many other orgs trying to do a similar thing: We're trying to build a ventilator that a COVID patient can be on for multiple weeks, not just as an emergency stopgap until they can get on a "real" ventilator. We believe that this would be hard with e.g. an approach based on a breather bag to build a device that's sensitive enough not to harm a patient over the course of weeks.
Happy to answer any questions.
- pkaye 6y agoA few questions... Does your ventilator regulate pressure and volume? Does it need a medical oxygen supply? Does it filter the exhaled air? Does it monitor the patients breathing pattern and sync with it? Also what kind of testing has been done to date?
- jlebar 6y ago> Does your ventilator regulate pressure and volume? Does it need a medical oxygen supply? Does it filter the exhaled air? Does it monitor the patients breathing pattern and sync with it? Yes to all. :) > Also what kind of testing has been done to date? Still very much in development.
- pkaye 6y agoGlad to hear your team has thought this through.