Formula one team

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Mercedes in partnership with a uni dept

Have produced/built 10000 breathing aid machines

Merc F1 are in Northampton afaik

 

[motorbiking]

I thought the order was cancelled?

 

[transam]

I thought the order was cancelled?

Not what was reported on the radio

They have also made the design available to all

So far 35 countries ( think. They said 35) have taken the design

If its not 35? Then its a good few any way

Bloke on the radio was using one for 4 days
In hospital

Was our local. Hospital aS well

Saved his life he said

 

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The benefit of F1 assistance is that the ICU team can get the bed changed and out the cubicle in under 10 seconds, ready for the next one.

 

[ellal]

The benefit of F1 assistance is that the ICU team can get the bed changed and out the cubicle in under 10 seconds, ready for the next one.

Funnily enough the project is apparently known as 'Project Pitlane'!

But University College London indeed also had a big hand in this.

Dyson however is still at the 'back of the field'!

 

[Mottie]

Dyson however is still at the 'back of the field'!

Mercedes made breathing aids to a patented design made freely available to anyone. Dyson are making ventilators to a new design. That takes a little bit longer!

 

[ajohn]

There was some news this lunch time concerning manufacture by F1 and others. Just passed safety tests, production about to start ramping up in May to a lower number than what was mentioned earlier. Starts next week. This is very probably the CPAP one that was medically passed a while ago. That reported 50% reduction in people needing to go on ventilators.

Dyson ones - pass.
Chinese one modified version of a UK one - pass.
Older designs - might be in Nightingale London. TV videos showed units that may have had a manometer on the back - not sure but that doesn't sound modern if they were.

 

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[ajohn]

No, it's not. The CPAP version is already in production (UCL / Mercedes F1).

The ventilator approved today (Penlon Prima ESO2) is by a consortium including Airbus, McLaren F1 and Penlon and is based on an existing Penlon design - it's not CPAP, it's a ventilator.

Thanks for clearing that up. Usual limited information. Any info on which one it's based on

https://www.penlon.com/Product-Groups/Anaesthesia-Ventilators

 

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