eevBLAB #73 - Medtronics Open Ventilator + Others UPDATE

An update on the Medtronics open design ventilator,. They have released more files, but what's the catch?
Can or should you actually use this information?
Also, a look at a list of other open source ventilator projects.
Previous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wrin8FYtEo
New York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/business/coronavirus-us-ventilator-shortage.html
List of Open Source Ventilator projects:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTYAfldxoIiO46VAWH1NlhrwFBn9mguqS2bh1spnLEu4AVVN1cj1vaEm6vOp5Z6UnaAbUwd8dslCXdM/pubhtml

Files:
https://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-com/global/Corporate/covid19/downloads/ventilator-files/medtronic-pb560-ventilator-system-file-set-1.zip
https://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-com/global/Corporate/covid19/downloads/ventilator-files/medtronic-pb560-ventilator-system-file-set-2.zip
https://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-com/global/Corporate/covid19/downloads/ventilator-files/medtronic-pb560-ventilator-system-file-set-3.zip

Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/eevblab/eevblab-72-busted!-medtronics-open-ventilator-fail/

#Medtronics #Ventilator #OpenSource

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