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ArticleCureus2021

Preliminary Design and Development of a Mechanical Ventilator Using Industrial Automation Components for Rapid Deployment During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Benjamin DeBoer, Ahmad Barari, Mika Nonoyama, Adam Dubrowski, Marco Zaccagnini, Ali Hosseini

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin DeBoerFaculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, CAN.
Ahmad BarariFaculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, CAN.
Mika NonoyamaFaculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, CAN.
Adam DubrowskiFaculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, CAN.
Marco ZaccagniniRespiratory Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, CAN.
Ali HosseiniFaculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, CAN.
University of Ontario Institute of Technology · CAMcGill University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) created a shortage of mechanical ventilators in the healthcare sector, resulting in rationed distribution, ethical dilemmas, and high mortalities. This technical report outlines the design and product outcome of a mechanical ventilator based on readily available off-the-shelf components, minimizing the dependence on manufacturing facilities. The ventilator was designed to operate in both hospitals and remote locations, having the ability to operate off various gas pressures and low voltage supplies. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the challenges of developing a device in an online setting with minimal manufacturing assistance were explored. Within a 10-day period, the team designed, prototyped, and conducted preliminary feasibility testing on the mechanical ventilator. The proposed design was not intended to replace, or be used as a medically approved ventilator, but demonstrates the ability to exploit off-the-shelf components to enable fast development and assembly.

Indexed as

covid 19industrial automationmechanical ventilatorrapid developmentreal time operation

Identifiers

PMID35036217
PMCPMC8752376
OpenAlexW4200615815

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Registered trials

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