The prototype for a low-cost ventilator is calibrated by engineering professors from La Sabana University, Julian Echeverry, left, and Andres Ramirez, in Bogota, Colombia. It's one of the latest efforts around the world to produce pared down, emergency versions of full feature ventilators, which have become more expensive as governments try to outbid each other to purchase them. "Commercial ventilator factories around the world are struggling to keep up with orders,'' said Julian Echeverry, a mechanical engineering professor who helped to develop the emergency ventilator at Bogota's Sabana University. Growing concern over ventilator shortages has prompted engineers around the world to make emergency versions, particularly in countries that have fewer resources. The ventilator produced by Sabana University has been tested successfully on a pig.

Source: The Standard April 16, 2020 07:18 UTC