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MakAir, an innovative free medical ventilator from COVID-19

Author: Pierre-Antoine GOURRAUD

Publication date: October 10, 2021 | Lire en français

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    ABSTRACT

    MAkAir is an open-source project for the development of a bi-branch mechanical ventilator, a class IIB medical device.

    MakAir is an initiative founded in March 2020 by the collective "Makers for Life", resulting from the combined initiatives of entrepreneurs, academics and health professionals, engineers; all dedicated to treat respiratory distress of type COVID-19.

    This disruptive innovation, developed in a time of crisis, is based on free software and open design: "Low-tech/Low-cost" because composed of biocompatible materials and standard electronic components, "High-tech" because computer-controlled.

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    • Pierre-Antoine GOURRAUD: University Professor Hospital Practitioner - Nantes University, CHU, INSERM, Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie, UMR 1064, ATIP-Avenir, Nantes, France

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    Field: Medical devices

    Companies involved: Nantes University, CHU, INSERM, Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie, UMR 1064, ATIP-Avenir

    Technologies / methods involved : Open-source software and biocompatible materials

    Sectors : Medical emergencies

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    collaborative innovation   |   medical device   |   open source   |     |   open design

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