An Arduino based Open Source Ventilator to Fight against COVID-19?

in #embedded5 years ago


COVID-19 has disrupted most people lives well beyond the health crisis, with an economic fallout on-going that may lead to a 24% GDP contraction in the US and up to 12% worldwide in Q2 2020, and I assume the consequences may span over several years, so we should do everything to mitigate any effects from the disease.

Right now, the urgent part is to handle the health crisis, and there's a shortage - or soon will be - of medical supplies such as ventilators for people in critical conditions, and if hospitals become full they'll start refusing admissions of

The full article can be found @ https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/03/21/an-arduino-based-open-source-ventilator-to-fight-against-covid-19/