Hopebreath: Development, Manufacture and development of a Device for Minimal Assisted Mechanical Ventilation for patients with ARF

According to the Colombian Association of Societies, the country currently has an installed capacity of 5,300 beds in ICUs. However, only 10-15% are adequately isolated to care for severe COVID-19 patients. This means that in the event of an emergency the threshold of the critical patient system would be limited to 750 truly isolated beds. Therefore, mechanical fans are not enough and, in the current emergency, their demand is growing exponentially in the world. For this reason, and anticipating the shortage of equipment that could occur in the country's ICUs, it is necessary to provide mechanisms that guarantee access to highly reliable and rapidly manufactured mechanical ventilation technologies for continuous operation during the health emergency. Our contribution and solution is made up of 3 elements: 1- An assisted mechanical ventilation technology of In House design, low cost and easy to manufacture, made entirely with materials available in the country and in full compliance with the hygiene protocols that guarantee its use in hospitals. 2- An articulated device with a communication protocol for capturing machine information coupled to a patient that will allow real-time capture of operating parameters that can be measured in each device. 3-A management and medical assistance software in the form of a mobile application and website, for interconnection of patients, hospital centers and health professionals in order to create databases and medical profiles per patient for an effective and personalized treatment. HopeBreath: is a minimal assisted mechanical ventilation device, developed to treat patients suffering from acute respiratory infection and its associated products would allow us to: 1- Perform remote monitoring of the patients to whom we provide respiratory support, with professionals in different places in real time. 2- Determine the distribution of information in real time, for a better understanding of COVID in the country, creating epidemiological profiles based on demographic information, clinical evolution and comorbidity factors for each patient. 3-Based on the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT), we would achieve a great technological articulation that allows us to integrate other devices to our solution.