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How This DIY Ventilator Could Keep Covid-19 Patients Alive | WIRED

This ventilator may not look like an important piece of medical equipment but it may be one of the critical things keeping Covid-19 patients alive. MIT has designed an emergency ventilator that uses commonly found and easily sourced materials. FDA-approved ventilators are expensive and require hundreds of components, and in these trying times a cheaper…

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This ventilator may not look like an important piece of medical equipment but it may be one of the critical things keeping Covid-19 patients alive. MIT has designed an emergency ventilator that uses commonly found and easily sourced materials. FDA-approved ventilators are expensive and require hundreds of components, and in these trying times a cheaper alternative may be able to save lives as these machines become more scarce.

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How This DIY Ventilator Could Keep Covid-19 Patients Alive | WIRED

38 Comments

  1. Capthrax1

    May 27, 2020 at 3:47 pm

    So like 3 months too late and wont ne used because … well there are several videos of doctors explaining why.

  2. James Rosado

    May 27, 2020 at 3:50 pm

    Could they build the control box like an app then every part of it could be affordable and easily accessible all you’ll need is a laptop or smartphone

  3. daniel_960_

    May 27, 2020 at 3:58 pm

    A bit late? And when it already has been shown that treatment with ventilators is for the most part deadly.

  4. Max Sharpe

    May 27, 2020 at 4:17 pm

    Because the media kept screaming for ventilators we now have a massive excess of them. So much so that we can afford to export them to other places. We won’t be needing these.

  5. MetalJacx

    May 27, 2020 at 4:57 pm

    I thought ventalators success rate was only 20% for covid.

    • Dasitmane Ayylmao

      May 27, 2020 at 5:53 pm

      Survival is like 10-12% and that’s using proper ventilators that don’t ram air into someone’s lungs unlike the ones in this video.

  6. GreenAppelPie

    May 27, 2020 at 5:01 pm

    A little slow on the draw

  7. Jordi Jose Vidales Rueda

    May 27, 2020 at 5:14 pm

    Ventilators aren’t good (unless you can’t on your own) putting someone prematurely can cause their death

    • Tessa Lee

      May 29, 2020 at 3:58 am

      Yeah my friend’s aunt has covid and pneumonia and her lungs were struggling so they put her on a ventilator and she was dead 3 days later. They are not good for you.

  8. Mitchell Riggins

    May 27, 2020 at 5:54 pm

    @markrober

    • Nicco Saur

      May 27, 2020 at 6:54 pm

      Lol

  9. Jacob Mohler

    May 27, 2020 at 5:58 pm

    Wouldn’t a DIY ventilator just be your lungs…

  10. Myrrh Curie

    May 27, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    Stop posting this dangerous isht and call your doc about “ventilators,” people.

  11. matthew styles

    May 27, 2020 at 6:17 pm

    No one has died because they have not had access to a ventilator

    • matthew styles

      May 29, 2020 at 7:56 am

      Well at least in the US and Canada. Cant say I know in the less advanced places. Also not saying it can’t.

  12. Ian G

    May 27, 2020 at 6:29 pm

    I can tell if this is being touted a machine going to be used to replace respirators or the squeeze bottle. Which is it.

    Non of these people interviewed are described as medical professionals. Where medical professionals consulted?

    • Nicco Saur

      May 27, 2020 at 6:50 pm

      No they were not

    • Boss Lax316

      June 13, 2020 at 2:11 pm

      This grammar hurts.

  13. Joel Taggart

    May 27, 2020 at 6:34 pm

    VENTILATORS ARE KILLING PATIENTS!!!

  14. Geo Cherian

    May 27, 2020 at 6:48 pm

    I can’t believe you guys DIDN’T contact a Bio-Medical Engineer or a Good
    Doctor to get there opinion on these projects!! I’m stunned to see you
    guys create this video!!

    • Nicco Saur

      May 27, 2020 at 6:53 pm

      My thoughts exactly this will kill people

  15. Ilya Bruh

    May 27, 2020 at 7:06 pm

    profesor Slocum

  16. Ayan Booyens

    May 27, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    the trick is successfully getting patients off of the ventilators. for that you need a sophisticated machine not just a rudimentary pump…

  17. A - cat

    May 27, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    the trick is successfully getting patients off of the ventilators. for that you need a sophisticated machine not just a rudimentary pump…

  18. Draugr

    May 27, 2020 at 8:37 pm

    _Useless knowing_

    The organ in The Phantom of the Opera was powered by windshield wiper motors.

  19. B D

    May 27, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    ventilators are killing people with covid19, much like aspirin did during the Spanish Flu.

  20. max chilla

    May 27, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    Bariotrauma incoming!

  21. Predatory Mistress

    May 27, 2020 at 11:15 pm

    🌟 👳‍♀️ 🌞

  22. Walter Coombe

    May 27, 2020 at 11:56 pm

    Dang and I thought this Chanel wouldn’t use Click Bait. Smh…

  23. Super Jesus

    May 27, 2020 at 11:59 pm

    Ventilators kill.

  24. Nomon Munir

    May 28, 2020 at 12:41 am

    That’s amazing!!

  25. 88botong

    May 28, 2020 at 12:42 am

    Wired didn’t consult a actual doctor, I would say this is poorly researched

  26. Ghost Reportin'

    May 28, 2020 at 1:25 am

    I mean on top of this you might want a different air mixture than just bottled oxygen or the surrounding air. Not to mention you might want to sedate your patient, which you would need a pretty skilled doctor for whatever remote location this would be deployed at.

  27. Owen Major

    May 28, 2020 at 1:37 am

    Or they could just use real ventilators, because who could have guessed it, there is a massive surplus of them because this virus is a scam.

  28. Stark Parker

    May 28, 2020 at 1:52 am

    Put unemployed people on bag pumping duty. Boom! Two birds, one stone and you’re welcome Earth.

  29. Teresa hikes

    May 29, 2020 at 5:26 am

    That’s nice. If there is ever a need

  30. Jtzkb

    May 29, 2020 at 5:36 pm

    Real Engineering has entered the chat
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  31. FERNANDO JIMENEZ DIAZ

    June 18, 2020 at 11:25 pm

    My 3D printable valve allows to maintain a positive pressure, or exatctly, allows to connect a peep valve that actually works.

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