Open AccessThe HEV Ventilator: at the interface between particle physics and biomedical engineering
Author(s) -
J. Buytaert,
P. Collins,
A. Abed Abud,
P. P. Allport,
A. Pazos Álvarez,
K. Carvalho Akiba,
O. De Aguiar Francisco,
A. Bay,
Florian Bernard,
S. Baron,
C. Bertella,
Josef Brunner,
T. J. V. Bowcock,
M. Buytaert-De Jode,
W. Byczynski,
Ricardo de Souza Carvalho,
V. Coco,
Ruth Collins,
N. Dikic,
Nicolas Dousse,
B. Dowd,
K. Dreimanis,
Raphael Dumps,
P. Durante,
Walid Fadel,
S. Farry,
A. Fernández Prieto,
A. Fernández Téllez,
Gretchen Flynn,
V. Franco Lima,
R. Frei,
A. Gallas Torreira,
T. G. Chavez,
E. N. Gazis,
R. Guida,
K. Hennessy,
Andre Henriques,
D. Hutchcroft,
Stefan D. Ilić,
Artis Ivanovs,
Aleksandar Jevtić,
Emigdio Jimenez Dominguez,
C. Joram,
K. Kapusniak,
E. Lemos Cid,
J. S. Lindner,
R. Lindner,
Mario Iván Martínez Hernández,
Mirko Meboldt,
Mirko Meboldt,
S. Mico,
J. Morant,
Mirko Meboldt,
Georg Männel,
D. Murray,
I. Nasteva,
N. Neufeld,
I. Nasteva,
F. Pardo-Sobrino López,
E. Pérez Trigo,
G. Pichel Jallas,
E. Pilorz,
Lise Piquilloud,
X. Pons,
David Reiner,
Hector David Règules Medel,
S. A. R. Ramirez,
M. Rodríguez Cahuantzi,
Carl Roosens,
Philipp Rostalski,
F. Sanders,
E. Saucet,
Marianne Schmid Daners,
B. Schmidt,
Patrick Schoettker,
R. Schwemmer,
H. Schindler,
A. Sharma,
Derick Sivakumaran,
Christophe Sigaud,
Vasilios Spitas,
Nicola Steffen,
Peter Švihra,
G. Tejeda Muñoz,
Nikolaos Tachatos,
Efstratios Tsolakis,
Jan Van Leemput,
Laurence Vignaux,
F. Vasey,
H. Woonton,
K. Wyllie
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
royal society open science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
ISSN - 2054-5703
DOI - 10.1098/rsos.211519
Subject(s) - software deployment , interface (matter) , ventilation (architecture) , computer science , systems engineering , simulation , engineering , mechanical engineering , operating system , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
A high-quality, low-cost ventilator, dubbed HEV, has been developed by the particle physics community working together with biomedical engineers and physicians around the world. The HEV design is suitable for use both in and out of hospital intensive care units, provides a variety of modes and is capable of supporting spontaneous breathing and supplying oxygen-enriched air. An external air supply can be combined with the unit for use in situations where compressed air is not readily available. HEV supports remote training and post market surveillance via a Web interface and data logging to complement standard touch screen operation, making it suitable for a wide range of geographical deployment. The HEV design places emphasis on the ventilation performance, especially the quality and accuracy of the pressure curves, reactivity of the trigger, measurement of delivered volume and control of oxygen mixing, delivering a global performance which will be applicable to ventilator needs beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. This article describes the conceptual design and presents the prototype units together with a performance evaluation.