Design and Implementation of Arduino based Low Cost Ventilator using Self Inflating Bag

Abstract

The paper describes the design and implementation of a portable ventilator for ease of use. This portable mechanical ventilator is Arduino-based with a connected motor diver and having a Max 301000 sensor which is an oximeter and heart rate monitor sensor. Arduino gives the output given by the motor driver to the DC motors, MAX 301000 sensor, and the display. It is driven by an electric motor powered by a Power supply and features an adjustable tidal volume of up to 750 ml. Tidal volume and number of breaths per minute are set via user-friendly input knobs of the motor driver. Through this design of portable ventilator, the idea of compressing Ambu bag is proven to be convenient to give a low-cost portable ventilator at a fraction of the cost of existing technology. The ventilator delivers breaths by compressing a conventional bag-valve-mask (BVM) with Two 12V DC motors, eliminating the need for a human operator for the BVM (Also called a self-inflating bag).

Cushy and Cheap Smart Health Monitoring System Incorporating a Ventilator

“…The design and implementation of a Low-Cost portable mechanical ventilator which is Arduino based connected to an actuator for operation was carried out by Bhujade, (2021). This work stands as a motivation to the developed system which is an upgrade having both the ventilator and remote smart health monitoring unit integrated.…”

“…Development of a microcontroller-based ventilator system synchronized with pulse oximeter was carried out by Gölcük et al, (2016), the limitation of the system is that it uses fuzzy-based controller to control the behavior of the ventilator device.. Design and implementation of a mechanical ventilator for breathing apparatus was carried out by Hidayat et al, (2020), the primary limitation of the system developed herein is that it uses a gear configuration that could wear out quickly, limiting its lifespan (Tsuzuki et al, 2021).A low cost open-source mechanical ventilator with pulmonary monitoring for COVID-19 patients was developed by Leonardo et al, (2020), and not being able to justify PEEP happens to be the short come of the developed mechanical ventilator (Zuppa et al, 2020). The design of a Low-Cost Ventilator using Electronic Components was carried out by Bhujade, (2021). The limitation is that its performance is nowhere near that of a standard Ventilator.…”

“…The Ventilator is only optimized for price at a great expense of performance. Hence, the Ventilator cannot be used in emergency cases (Bhujade, 2021).…”