Submitted:
03 September 2020
Posted:
04 September 2020
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Preprints on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2
Abstract
As part of a plethora of global efforts to minimize the negative effects of the SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) pandemic, we developed two different mechanisms that, after further development, could potentially be of use in the future in order to increase the capacity of ventilators with low-cost devices based on single-use-bag-valve mask systems. We describe the concept behind the devices and report a characterization of them. Finally, we make a description of the solved and unsolved challenges and propose a series of measures in order to better cope with future contingencies.
Keywords:
Mechanical ventilators
; covid-19
; simple
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