The first open-source ventilator tested on human patients
I do not have the backgrond to know much about this design.<p>I do know that creating them is difficult and even small error can be fatal.  I would not want to be a beta tester here if I could avoid it.<p>There will be a long certification process and probably repeated in several different areas of the world.<p>The Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg decided during the 1st wave of the pandemic in Norway to make &quot;her own&quot; ventilators in Norway and in a hurry.<p>There were many irregularities in the bidding process or rather lack there of and there were irregutlatires in how the -&quot;winning&quot;. design was chosen&quot;<p>Once they were made, doctors and nurses refused to ever use it on a patient.<p>Norway then tried to sell then to other countries (at a steep discount) and had no takers.<p>Norway then tried donating them and again no takers.<p>Now they are sitting in one or more warehouses somewhere in Norway.<p>As 2nd wave is making its rounds in Norway, if it should get as chaotic as last time maybe someone will try them.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ffi.no&#x2F;en&#x2F;news&#x2F;emergency-ventilator-in-record-time" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ffi.no&#x2F;en&#x2F;news&#x2F;emergency-ventilator-in-record-ti...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;kommunikasjon.ntb.no&#x2F;pressemelding&#x2F;norsk-nodrespirator-er-klar?publisherId=17846797&amp;releaseId=17886381" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;kommunikasjon.ntb.no&#x2F;pressemelding&#x2F;norsk-nodrespirat...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ffi.no&#x2F;aktuelt&#x2F;nyheter&#x2F;ffi-svarer-pa-kritikken-mot-nodrespiratoren" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ffi.no&#x2F;aktuelt&#x2F;nyheter&#x2F;ffi-svarer-pa-kritikken-m...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dagensmedisin.no&#x2F;artikler&#x2F;2020&#x2F;04&#x2F;01&#x2F;anestesi-miljoet-hardt-ut-mot-nye-respiratorer&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dagensmedisin.no&#x2F;artikler&#x2F;2020&#x2F;04&#x2F;01&#x2F;anestesi-mi...</a>