Low-Cost Portable Ventilator

- Affordable Life-Saving Design
- IEC60601-1 & 62304 Compliant
- Real-Time FPGA Control
- Custom Battery & Sensors
Overview
A Nuvation Engineering client wanted to build a low-cost medical ventilator for use in developing countries where hospitals cannot afford to purchase many mechanical ventilators.
Nuvation Engineering worked with the client to design and build a ventilator that cost less than half the price of most mechanical ventilators on the market. We were able to achieve this by using lower cost components and a unique architecture.
A ventilator at this price point could help reduce the shortage of ventilators in hospitals and enable developing countries to provide patients with better care.
Project Details
Design features
- System-level architecture for life-critical medical design
- Electro-mechanical design according to IEC60601-1 (Medical electrical equipment - Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance)
- Software design processes according to IEC62304 (Medical device software - Software life cycle processes)
- IPC Class 3 and IEC60601-1 compliant
- Mixed-signal PCB design: 10 layers, 0.063”, 370HR
- Altera FPGA for real-time breath control, NXP dual-core ARM processor for GUI, Bluetooth LE (BLE) for data transfer
- Co-development of custom “smart” lithium-ion battery pack, employing multiple redundant safety features
- Co-development of custom membrane panel and custom mass air flow sensor
- Pneumatic systems design including design of novel breath control algorithms
Our Process
How we work
From conceptualization to execution, Nuvation Engineering has decades of experience supporting product development through every stage.