A ventilation device for 115 euros? How is that going to work?
Samsun Lampotang, an anesthesia Professor at the University of Florida, is working on such a device.
The Crazy: The mechanical ventilator should consist of materials that anyone can get at the hardware store. The parts you should be able to for a total of US $ 125 purchase.
The are the equivalent of about 115 Euro.
In his mechanical engineering studies, Lampotang once built portable mechanical ventilation devices. Now he wants to use his Knowledge, the lack of the devices to counteract and to save people’s lives.
The design is not patented, but it remains a “Open Source project”. That is to say: Everyone can contribute with Expertise in the field and participate in their development.
If the ventilator is successfully validated, will be published by the Professor, the final Design online. After that, engineers are expected to be in the world will theoretically be able to it with the right ingredients to build.
Whether the device will meet the European regulatory requirements for medical devices, is unclear.
Actually, it says Lampotang, he wished, however, that the devices are never used.