The HEV Ventilator: at the interface between particle physics and biomedical engineering.
Jan BuytaertPaula CollinsAdam Abed AbudPhilip Patrick AllportAntonio Pazos ÁlvarezKazuyoshi AkibaOscar Augusto de Aguiar FranciscoAurelio BayFlorian BernardSophie BaronClaudia BertellaJosef X BrunnerThemis BowcockMartine Buytaert-De JodeWiktor ByczynskiRicardo De CarvalhoVictor CocoRuth CollinsNikola DikicNicolas DousseBruce DowdKārlis DreimanisRaphael DumpsPaolo DuranteWalid FadelStephen FarryAntonio Fernàndez PrietoArturo Fernàndez TèllezGordon FlynnVinicius Franco LimaRaymond FreiAbraham Gallas TorreiraTonatiuh García ChàvezEvangelos GazisRoberto GuidaKarol HennessyAndre HenriquesDavid HutchcroftStefan D IlićArtūrs IvanovsAleksandar JevtićEmigdio Jimenez DominguezChristian JoramKacper KapusniakEdgar Lemos CidJana LindnerRolf LindnerM Ivàn Martínez HernàndezMirko MeboldtSylvain MicoJohan MorantGeorg MännelDónal MurrayIrina NastevaNiko NeufeldFrancisco Pardo-Sobrino LópezEliseo Pèrez TrigoGonzalo Pichel JallasEdyta PilorzLise PiquilloudXavier PonsDavid ReinerHector David Règules MedelSaul Rodríguez RamírezMario Rodíguez CahuantziCarl RoosensPhilipp RostalskiFreek SandersEric SaucetMarianne Schmid DanersBurkhard SchmidtPatrick SchoettkerRainer SchwemmerHeinrich SchindlerArchana SharmaDerick SivakumaranChristophe SigaudVasilios SpitasNicola SteffenPeter SvihraGuillermo Tejeda MuñozNikolaos TachatosEfstratios TsolakisJan van LeemputLaurence VignauxFrancois VaseyHamish WoontonKen WylliePublished in: Royal Society open science (2022)
A high-quality, low-cost ventilator, dubbed HEV, has been developed by the particle physics community working together with biomedical engineers and physicians around the world. The HEV design is suitable for use both in and out of hospital intensive care units, provides a variety of modes and is capable of supporting spontaneous breathing and supplying oxygen-enriched air. An external air supply can be combined with the unit for use in situations where compressed air is not readily available. HEV supports remote training and post market surveillance via a Web interface and data logging to complement standard touch screen operation, making it suitable for a wide range of geographical deployment. The HEV design places emphasis on the ventilation performance, especially the quality and accuracy of the pressure curves, reactivity of the trigger, measurement of delivered volume and control of oxygen mixing, delivering a global performance which will be applicable to ventilator needs beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. This article describes the conceptual design and presents the prototype units together with a performance evaluation.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- low cost
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- intensive care unit
- healthcare
- primary care
- public health
- mental health
- electronic health record
- high throughput
- respiratory failure
- big data
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- emergency department
- machine learning
- quality improvement
- adverse drug
- clinical evaluation