1. The HEV Ventilator: at the interface between particle physics and biomedical engineering
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Jan Buytaert, Paula Collins, Adam Abed Abud, Phil Allport, Antonio Pazos Álvarez, Kazuyoshi Akiba, Oscar Augusto de Aguiar Francisco, Aurelio Bay, Florian Bernard, Sophie Baron, Claudia Bertella, Josef X. Brunner, Themis Bowcock, Martine Buytaert-De Jode, Wiktor Byczynski, Ricardo De Carvalho, Victor Coco, Ruth Collins, Nikola Dikic, Nicolas Dousse, Bruce Dowd, Kārlis Dreimanis, Raphael Dumps, Paolo Durante, Walid Fadel, Stephen Farry, Antonio Fernàndez Prieto, Arturo Fernàndez Tèllez, Gordon Flynn, Vinicius Franco Lima, Raymond Frei, Abraham Gallas Torreira, Tonatiuh García Chàvez, Evangelos Gazis, Roberto Guida, Karol Hennessy, Andre Henriques, David Hutchcroft, Stefan Ilic, Artūrs Ivanovs, Aleksandar Jevtic, Emigdio Jimenez Dominguez, Christian Joram, Kacper Kapusniak, Edgar Lemos Cid, Jana Lindner, Rolf Lindner, M. Ivàn Martínez Hernàndez, Mirko Meboldt, Marko Milovanovic, Sylvain Mico, Johan Morant, Michel Morel, Georg Männel, Dónal Murray, Irina Nasteva, Niko Neufeld, Igor Neuhold, Francisco Pardo-Sobrino López, Eliseo Pèrez Trigo, Gonzalo Pichel Jallas, Edyta Pilorz, Lise Piquilloud, Xavier Pons, David Reiner, Hector David Règules Medel, Saul Rodríguez Ramírez, Mario Rodíguez Cahuantzi, Carl Roosens, Philipp Rostalski, Freek Sanders, Eric Saucet, Marianne Schmid Daners, Burkhard Schmidt, Patrick Schoettker, Rainer Schwemmer, Heinrich Schindler, Archana Sharma, Derick Sivakumaran, Christophe Sigaud, Vasilios Spitas, Nicola Steffen, Peter Svihra, Guillermo Tejeda Muñoz, Nikolaos Tachatos, Efstratios Tsolakis, Jan van Leemput, Laurence Vignaux, Francois Vasey, Hamish Woonton, and Ken Wyllie
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COVID-19 ,ventilation modes ,triggering ,oxygen enrichment ,Science - Abstract
A high-quality, low-cost ventilator, dubbed HEV, has been developed by the particle physics community working together with biomedical engineers and physicians around the world. The HEV design is suitable for use both in and out of hospital intensive care units, provides a variety of modes and is capable of supporting spontaneous breathing and supplying oxygen-enriched air. An external air supply can be combined with the unit for use in situations where compressed air is not readily available. HEV supports remote training and post market surveillance via a Web interface and data logging to complement standard touch screen operation, making it suitable for a wide range of geographical deployment. The HEV design places emphasis on the ventilation performance, especially the quality and accuracy of the pressure curves, reactivity of the trigger, measurement of delivered volume and control of oxygen mixing, delivering a global performance which will be applicable to ventilator needs beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. This article describes the conceptual design and presents the prototype units together with a performance evaluation.
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- 2022
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