PORTABLE HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATORY ASSISTER

最终的目标是生产一种便携、重量轻、简单到 使用能够提供扩展的个人通风辅助的设备 患有慢性肺部疾病的病人。当前的辅助装置 既笨重又复杂，不适合于可移植性，也不适用于 病人在医院外。 第一阶段的目标是证明便携式助攻的可行性。 尽管第一个单元将使用几个商业上可用的组件 (泵、阀和电池)便携式单元(相机外壳配置 重12至15磅)将被建造。在第二阶段，性能 对人类患者的测试将导致个体的优化 如有需要，将开发每个组件的特殊设计。 这将使重量进一步减轻。然后在第三阶段 生产型号，重约6磅，配上有用的电池 充电前的时间约为8小时，将建造 将为以下人群提供简单、可靠和个性化的支持 目前每年有19,000人死亡。

The ultimate objective is to produce a portable, light weight, simple to use device capable of providing extended, personal ventilation assist to the patient suffering chronic pulmonary disease. Current assister devices are bulky, complex, not intended for portability and not available to the patient outside the hospital. The goal of Phase I is to prove the feasibility of a portable assister. Although the first unit will use several commercially available components (pump, valve, and battery) a portable unit (camera case configuration weighing 12 to 15 pounds) will be constructed. In Phase II, performance tests with human patients will lead to the optimization of individual components, and special designs of each will be developed if necessary. That will allow the weight to be reduced further. Then in Phase III production models, weighing approximately 6 pounds with a useful battery time before recharging of approximately 8 hours, will be constructed which will offer simple, reliable and personalized support to a population which currently experiences 19,000 deaths per year.