Design and construction of automated mechanical ventilation equipment

ABSTRACT

This document presents the requirements met for the design, construction and initial validation of a mechanical ventilation system to be used in patients with respiratory insufficiency, which in the initial context was due to the COVID-19 pandemics. The design required the use of computer aided drawing software (Computer Aided Design) CAD and the construction required the use of installed capabilities in mechanical, electropneumatic, electronic, biomedical and automation manufacturing of institutes and centers of the Universidad Don Bosco (El Salvador). The adjust-ment, configuration and programming tasks were in charge of research professors specialized in these dis-ciplines. The elements used for its construction were available in the Salvadoran market, considering the closure of borders as a government measure to face the expansion of the pandemics. After the design, manufacturing and commissioning stage, conditions of the supplied air were measured with the help of professionals dedicated to the maintenance of medical equipment and with the approval of internist doctors. The results achieved are those obtained with paramedical equipment and with first aid equipment, and consequently it has been foreseen that the equipment can be tested in a subsequent instance with the certified medical union. © 2022, Universidad Politecnica Salesiana. All rights reserved.