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Hmmm.. seems to work like my central vacuum except the opposite. And a more cost-efficient method of distributing life saving oxygen.
 
It looks like these could be mass produced much more quickly than a full blown ventilator.
In other words other facilities could duplicate the product without months of start up development. Which is good.
But there may be limits to the oxygen supply at hospitals, every system has a limit.
 
Think of it in our terms. You'll need a large compressor to feed air into many air lines. At the point of use, you can regulate the volume and pressure.
 
Don Frelier said:
It's not Air it's Oxygen.
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Yes, I know, as I stated initially. I was using an analogy. As we car guys use a central pump to feed our air tools, so they can implement a similar system for patients oxygen requirements.
 
Every day I see more and more companies (all around the world) tooling to make ventilators. How many are too many? Not diminishing the good in this but seems out of control.
 
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There is a oxygen port in every room of the hospital and a system designed to provide O2 to most of the ports at once. It would be interesting to find out how many can be used at once as in "how over designed is the system"
 
A hospital oxygen source is a bulk liquid system with tanks that need to be filled. As long as the hood uses no more than a normal ventilator volume should not be a problem. All med gas systems are designed to operate every outlet. At most Hospitals there will be a set of tanks that frequently are ice covered and you will see vapor coming off especially in the summer.
 
67440chrg said:
A hospital oxygen source is a bulk liquid system with tanks that need to be filled. As long as the hood uses no more than a normal ventilator volume should not be a problem. All med gas systems are designed to operate every outlet. At most Hospitals there will be a set of tanks that frequently are ice covered and you will see vapor coming off especially in the summer.
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Thanks for the info. I am always interested to hear about how things work behind the scenes. Liquid o2 makes since. I thought they may use a o2 generator.
 
The supplier that fills the tanks will need to step up their supply. I dont know if they are geared up to handle it. They can also use smaller bottles that can be moved to units and hooked into the zone with the zone valves separating it from the main system in a emergency. Or even smaller ones that can serve each patient alone. Every hospital has a locked valved port on the exterior to hook a truck rirectly to the building. There are many ways to supply oxygen.
 
slepr1 said:
Every day I see more and more companies (all around the world) tooling to make ventilators. How many are too many? Not diminishing the good in this but seems out of control.
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Good point, but the estimate is we need way more than what we have. Where I live they are running low and we still are not near the peak. The next few weeks will be crucial.
 
The old cone of silence trick.


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What a blessing, ordinary people coming to the aid of strangers in need with no other motivation than to be of help to someone that needs it.
 
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