Worldwide Ventilator
Worldwide Ventilator is a collaborative effort to develop low-cost, scalable emergency ventilators to address the global shortage caused by COVID-19. Inspired by historical designs and built with open-source principles, the company aims to provide accessible ventilator solutions for resource-constrained regions and emergency situations, supporting both assisted and automatic breathing modes without complex electronics.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
small (1-50)
Worldwide Ventilator
14725 SE 36th St #300, Bellevue, WA 98006
Products
Emergency mechanical ventilator prototype (fluidic oscillator)
A mechanical assisted-ventilation prototype that uses a fluidic oscillator / bistable amplifier to provide assisted and automatic breathing cycles driven by pressurized air, with mechanical adjustments for pressure and timing.
Emergency mechanical ventilator prototype (fluidic oscillator)
A mechanical assisted-ventilation prototype that uses a fluidic oscillator / bistable amplifier to provide assisted and automatic breathing cycles driven by pressurized air, with mechanical adjustments for pressure and timing.
Services
Hosting and sharing mechanical designs, prior research references and testing documentation under a Creative Commons non-commercial license for community use and local manufacture.
Recommendations and throughput modeling for injection-molding tooling configurations, cycle-time estimates and tooling-expedite considerations to support rapid large-volume production.
Provision of test-bed architectures, sensor integration and test protocols for ventilator performance characterization using artificial lung models and data-logging software.
Hosting and sharing mechanical designs, prior research references and testing documentation under a Creative Commons non-commercial license for community use and local manufacture.
Recommendations and throughput modeling for injection-molding tooling configurations, cycle-time estimates and tooling-expedite considerations to support rapid large-volume production.
Provision of test-bed architectures, sensor integration and test protocols for ventilator performance characterization using artificial lung models and data-logging software.
Expertise Areas
- Emergency ventilator design
- Rapid prototyping and iterative hardware development
- Computational fluid dynamics for pneumatic devices
- High-volume injection molding planning
Key Technologies
- Bistable fluidic amplifier / fluidic oscillator
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- 3D printing (additive manufacturing)
- Injection molding (insert molding, hot-runner tooling)
News & Updates
Attended the SU2 Conference to hear about how the foundation supports the ventilator project.
Progress updates on prototypes, control, and testing with lung models.
Analysis and planning for manufacturing 1 million units in 40 days.
Attended the SU2 Conference to hear about how the foundation supports the ventilator project.
Progress updates on prototypes, control, and testing with lung models.
Analysis and planning for manufacturing 1 million units in 40 days.