Gerard Ateshian, PhD, and team, Speaking on multi-patient shared ventilator
Dr. Ateshian, in collaboration with multiple faculty in Engineering, Medicine, and Anesthesiology, has been working with his team to develop flow sensors to be used in shared ventilators. Flow sensor prototypes were developed by a large group at CU Engineering, and were manufactured and calibrated through vigorous testing. After clinical trials of shared ventilators did not produce promising results, the team pivoted their efforts on the flow sensor to a collaboration with MIT for their E-Vent project that automates the actuation of a manual resuscitator. The MIT E-Vent project’s goal is to manufacture 500-1000 ventilators per day. The current goal of Dr. Ateshian’s work is to integrate the flowmeter into MIT’s E-Vent designs.
