Project MakAir: How and Why to Build an Open Source Ventilator
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MakAir is an open-source mechanical ventilator project started at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that grew to ~300 contributors and received funding from the French Army and CEA; it became the only one of about a hundred global projects actually used on patients. The talk explains the device's development and future directions, describes what software engineers contributed to building an industrialized open medical device, and discusses why open-source medical equipment matters, how to deploy it, and how others can contribute.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00COVID tech intro
- 1:05MakAir project
- 2:28Crisis context
- 4:01First iteration
- 5:10Cross-discipline collaboration
- 6:38Project structuring
- 7:50Industrialization
- 8:59Deadlines and contributions
- 10:35Collaborative climate
- 12:49Iterative open source
- 14:42IT advantages
- 16:10Alternatives
- 17:20Embracing ignorance
- 18:46Humility and sharing
- 19:10Open source economics
- 20:40Open source medical future
- 21:50Creating abundance
- 23:19Personalized medicine
- 24:20Medical device communication
- 25:48Standardization
- 26:09Medical open source foundation
- 26:53Conclusion
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