Rapidly scalable mechanical ventilator for the COVID-19 pandemic
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Kwon2020_Article_RapidlyScalableMechanicalVenti.pdf
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Published version
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Author(s)
Kwon, Albert H.
Slocum Jr., Alexander H
Varelmann, Dirk
Nabzdyk, Christoph G. S.
MIT E-Vent Team
Araki, Minoru B
Abu-Kalaf, Murad
Detienne, Mike
Hagan, David Henry
Hanumara, Nevan Clancy
Date Issued
June 2020
Journal
Intensive Care Medicine
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Citation
Kwon, Albert H. et al. "Rapidly scalable mechanical ventilator for the COVID-19 pandemic." Intensive Care Medicine 46, 8 (June 2020): 1642–1644 © 2020 The Author(s)
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Final published version
Abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is straining healthcare systems worldwide, and a global ventilator shortage is fueling the dire situation. As a response, the MIT E-Vent Team (S1) manufactured a scalable ventilator prototype for mass production and demonstrated basic clinical feasibility.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06113-3
