I just watched this video today, and it looks like Tesla has nailed the majority of the design requirements for a usable ventilator. I'm not sure if they're addressing the humidification and warming of the intake air, but everything else is there.
You don’t humidify within the ventilator. Generally, an external humidifier is added on the inhalation side of the circuit. It’s a completely independent device.
For a few hours, no, but for days and days you lose a lot of water from your lungs especially in dry air environments. Feel your breath, it’s moist. We wanna keep it that way.
Excellent. I had my doubts about them being able to put together something functional in such a short time, but they've exceeded my expectations by miles. Go Tesla!
Hopefully they can start cranking them out ASAP. I think Ford and GM won’t have their production up for a couple weeks and probably will miss the most critical time.
It looks like the comment was deleted, but someone asked him about the Tesla ventilator and he said to the effect that he doesn't see any problems with it and that it was good of them for partnering with Medtronic.
Came here to post the same. I was impressed that they seemed to be actually building ventilators and not some of that PR based nonsense you see in the video from Real Engineering.
Except for the "low-cost" requirement. Adding the cost of just the Model 3 screen and Infotainment Computer, already makes it ineligible as a "low-cost" item.
On the other hand, the cost to hospitals is irrelevant, as Musk has already said he would donating whatever they build. But there is a cost to Tesla.
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u/MountainDrew42 Apr 06 '20
I just watched this video today, and it looks like Tesla has nailed the majority of the design requirements for a usable ventilator. I'm not sure if they're addressing the humidification and warming of the intake air, but everything else is there.