An open-source locally-manufacturable Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR), produced using standard electronic components, Li-ion batteries from power-tools, HME filters, and a hip-mounted cast urethane enclosure created with silicone casting from 3D printed model. Compatible with modified snorkel mask devices with standard 22mm ISO connection.
Developed at the Lynn & Arnold Irwin Advanced Perioperative Imaging Lab, Toronto General Hospital.
This is an INVESTIGATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE being evaluated for use in hospital setting during extreme crisis leading to N95 shortages.
It has not been approved by any regulatory body.
Its use is not endorsed by any institution or professional body, including the ones where it was developed and tested.
We have made every effort to make the system as safe as possible and to provide documentation and educational materials for its use, should it be necessary, in order to minimize the very significant risks of iatrogenic harm.
It is posted here in order to facilitate rapid knowledge sharing and research on strategies for addressing the global ventilator shortages.
Any of use of this device is done purely at your own risk and liability. The developers and associated institutions do not accept any liability for its use.