Collective Open Source Medical Innovations for Covid19

That's a wrap! Thanks to everyone in the COSMIC community who joined our Facebook Livestream monthly update! Please join us for our next monthly update on Thursday, November 19th at 17:30 Pacific Time. In case you missed the live event, you can watch the recording here: https://www.facebook.com/cosmicmedical/videos/3594355743941342?notif_id=1602809221705674¬if_t=page_share&ref=notif... This is the agenda we covered: COSMIC Community Updates COSMIC International Outreach COSMIC Biomedical Engineering Team Updates from gVent (www.gvent.ca), Bubble Helmet (https://cosmicmedical.ca/bubble-helmet) and Clinical Respiratory Support. Feedback and presentation from Mr. Mike Paddock (Chief engineer for Engineers Without Borders USA)

This month, we're joined by Mike Paddock, the chief engineer of Engineers without Borders USA (Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-paddock-0b7a0711b/). Having a civil engineering background, he's currently on a sabbatical leave to advise the United Nations Development Program, specifically on PPE production for COVID-19 response. This month's discussion would be relevant for what's currently needed around the world as COVID-19 ravages on. ... Interested in trying out these designs? Contact us at [email protected] Wondering how you can help? Visit https://cosmicmedicalca/join-our-team !

This month, we're joined by Adi Oltean (Project Apollo: https://helpfulengineering.org//project-spotlight-apollo-/) and Ben Coombs (PubInv oxygen concentrator project) to discuss oxygen concentrators. There are multinational companies and even nations joining in the race of ventilator contributions to the developing world as COVID-19 has spared practically no one. That said, ventilators and CPAP machines are of little use if there's not enough oxygen tanks, especially if t...he production capacity cannot keep up with patient volumes, and/or supply chain and transportation infrastructure problems present in some countries with violent conflict prior to the pandemic. Hence the importance of today's discussion. Interested in trying out these designs? Contact us at [email protected] Wondering how you can help? Visit https://cosmicmedicalca/join-our-team ! . . . . . #BMOTheatreCentre #covid #covid19 #ventilator #stayhome #quarantine #frontlineworkers #medical #medicalmask #engineering #canadian #flattenthecurve #opensource #pandemic #coronavirus #cosmicmedical

This Thursday at 5pm PT, COSMIC teams will present brief updates to their projects. This week we'll be joined by Warren Koch, the co-founder of A.R.M.E.E Ventilator. They're building a highly manufacturable and scalable emergency ventilator. Interested in trying out these designs? Contact us at [email protected]... Wondering how you can help? Visit https://cosmicmedicalca/join-our-team! . . . . . #BMOTheatreCentre #covid #covid19 #ventilator #stayhome #quarantine #frontlineworkers #medical #medicalmask #engineering #canadian #flattenthecurve #opensource #pandemic #coronavirus #cosmicmedical

Project BVM is a low-cost BVM ventilator adapted from the ApolloBVM design. For more information regarding Project BVM, check out https://cosmicmedical.ca/bvm

This week marked a significant milestone for COSMIC Medical! With cases of COVID surging in Brazil -800,000 deaths and 2.1 M active cases -the volunteer-led COSMIC Outreach team contacted the Canadian Consulate in Rio and worked with customs officials on the ground to facilitate the delivery of two snorkel masks to Dr. Monica Cruz at Pedro Ernesto University Hospital. Dr. Cruz had been using the same N-95 mask to treat patients for over a month, and she was relieved to recei...ve the snorkel mask to protect her staff in their treatment of COVID patients. Snorkel Mask is one of five medical devices from COSMIC that are tested, low-cost, and can help save lives. All of our designs are available - free - to anyone who may need them, anywhere in the world. Visit cosmicmedial.ca to find out more. #covid #covid19 #ventilator #stayhome #quarantine #frontlineworkers #medical #medicalmask #engineering #canadian #flattenthecurve #opensource #pandemic #coronavirus #cosmicmedical #respiratory #respiratorysupport #clinical

Check out this article on the work Biohub is doing with COVID-19. In less than an hour, we'll be hosting Biohub engineer Andrew Cote at our biweekly design review. https://www.ucsf.edu/magazine/covid-testing-lab

We are committed to our approach of providing quality designs and input in our ongoing efforts against COVID-19. As such, we are moving to a biweekly design review as our projects mature. Our next design review will be on July 16 at 5PM. Livestream will be available on Facebook as always. See you there! #covid #covid19 #ventilator #stayhome #quarantine #frontlineworkers #medical #medicalmask #engineering #canadian #flattenthecurve #opensource #pandemic #coronavirus #cosmicmedical #respiratory #respiratorysupport #clinical