Is your ventilator available for distribution?
- No, at the moment the design is still under development. Our aim is to realize the first prototype by the beginning of April 2020. Thereafter, a thorough phase of testing and certification is needed before the actual production and distribution of the ventilator con start.
Is your ventilator usable by anybody?
- No, OpenBreath lung ventilator is a medical device, and, as such, it can be manipulated only by specialized personnel in a medical environment.
Is this just another automatized BVM?
- No, our aim is that of realizing a fully functional lung ventilator, the AMBU bag represents just the pneumatic system of it. Through our device, it will be possible to adopt all the fundamental ventilatory functions required for intensive-care, such as setting PEEP thresholds, CPAP or SIMV functions.