John Sullivan, Office of Engineering Communications
Jan. 26, 2021 10:26 a.m.
Researchers at Princeton and Google are using a ventilator designed and built at Princeton in an effort to automate and improve controls for all types of ventilators.
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Aaron Nathans, Office of Engineering Communications
Spurred by the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at Princeton and Google are applying mechanical engineering and artificial intelligence to increase the availability and effectiveness of ventilation treatments worldwide.
Ventilators and their support equipment are expensive and complex devices that require expert attention from doctors and other highly trained medical workers. The devices must be carefully calibrated and monitored to ensure they are meeting a range of parameters pressure, volume, breath rate tuned to each individual patient. Often, these measures change during treatment, requiring further tuning.