Open olemis opened 4 years ago
- Beaglebone Black capes are a good reference to understand stackable electronic towers.
Other similar stackable electronic solutions exist for e.g. Raspberry Pi , Arduino , etc ... however BBB variant is quite interesting and there is a considerable number of capes with male and female headers to actually support many stack levels (as opposite to Arduino one level shields).
Overview Add new functionality to a respirator unit by plugging shields for specific purposes.
Describe the solution you'd like Allow for stacking one shield on top of another in the form of a tower (or alike). Standardize common features and well defined interfaces. A generic layout .
Mechanical specifications Since this issue is not for adding specific features to the respiration set, the only real mechanical requirement are the following:
For the moment mechanical aspects of shields other than aforementioned items shall be considered too specific to be standardized and designed for a particular purpose .
Pneumatic and flow requirements Some shields will involve the presence of gases flowing from the drive on to the patient.
Electronics requirements Some shields will include electronic components to fully or partially implement some feature . Multiple such shields may be combined , hence electrical signals shall be combined in a common bus interface connector for shields to have access to vars in context.
Software requirements No software involved.
Describe alternatives you've considered Ideas borrowed from following products
Patent claims No research performed yet.
Articles and references Modular respirators are not a new concept. For instance, VORTRAN Go2Vent may be connected to other modules such as VORTRAN manometer, VAR-Monitor , and airway pressure monitor.
Additional context Ideas to explore (consider as suggestion only)