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OHSU team designs low-cost ventilators using 3D-printing technology

By Erik Robinson April 24, 2020 Portland, Oregon

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Dr. Stephanie Nonas, left, works with Whitney Menzel, center, and Evan Fontaine, as they test out a new ventilator prototype created with 3D-printing technology, April 22, 2020. The design, being developed at OHSU, does not require electricity and operates off of a standard oxygen tank. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

3D-printed ventilator

A new ventilator prototype created with 3D-printing technology, is being developed at OHSU. The design does not require electricity and operates off of a standard oxygen tank. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

3D-printed ventilator

(Left to right) Evan Fontaine, Dr. Albert Chi, Dennis Child, Whitney Menzel, and Dr. Stephanie Nonas test out a new ventilator created with 3D-printing technology, at OHSU, April 22, 2020. The design does not require electricity and operates off of a standard oxygen tank. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

3D-printed ventilator

Dr. Albert Chi, left, and Whitney Menzel look over a new ventilator created with 3D-printing technology, at OHSU, April 22, 2020. The design does not require electricity and operates off of a standard oxygen tank. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

3D-printed ventilator

Drs. Albert Chi, left, and Stephanie Nonas discuss the ventilator performance in an endurance test at OHSU, April 22, 2020. The ventilator prototype is created with 3D-printing technology, and does not require electricity and operates off of a standard oxygen tank. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

3D-printed ventilator

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

3D-printed ventilator

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

3D-printed ventilator

The team discusses the ventilator performance in an endurance test at OHSU, April 22, 2020. The ventilator prototype is created with 3D-printing technology, and does not require electricity and operates off of a standard oxygen tank. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff