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Originally Posted by HardDrive
You would not be able to reuse any part of a 3D printed vent without risk of infecting the next patient.
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Good point. Not without some sort of a disposable liner.
There are mountains of one-use plastic medical-grade wa$te created each day.
Hospitals have huge central-air systems that are supposed to be filtered and sterile.
-What if there was a way to boost mainline pressure and hook up cycling nodes to vents?
-Calibrating supply pressure timing to the patients breathing rhythm would be the tricky part.
-There would have to be check valves to prevent spores from traveling upstream. (Perhaps in the replaceable mask/tube.)