Ventilator Prototype Controlled and Monitored by an IoT Platform

The coronavirus pandemic caused a radical change in everyone’s life, the number of infected persons increases each day, in some hospitals in Mexico, especially in rural areas, artificial respirators are not available to treat this disease, since they are costly devices high. The prototype presented in this paper is built in order to reduce costs in all aspects. The structure was built with economical but resistant materials and the IoT platform reuses the existing infrastructure such as computers and cell phones to create a graphical interface that minimizes the use of components, in addition, the electronic system uses inexpensive devices that are easy to find in the market and even recyclable. The prototype has three automatic modes of operation with certain frequencies, which are for children, adolescents and adults. As well, a manual configuration was added to modify the frequency from the operating system. The structure of the ventilator has a cam system that allows the pressure to be changed in a medical resuscitator AMBU, modifying the level of oxygen that can be supplied to a patient. The prototype approved its functioning in terms of the mechanism, the frequency is changes depending on the age of the patient with its respective pressure for oxygen supply, but it is important to mention that the ventilator is still in the testing phase and has not yet been evaluated with a patient, since, authorization is required from the health sector and this stage is under development.