'breathe just' is an adjustable apparatus that doubles the use of a single oxygen mask

in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team at mask architects has volunteered their time and effort to design an adjustable piece of apparatus that doubles the capacity of pulmonary ventilators. ‘breathe just’, which intends to be available for open-source 3D printing as soon as tests in italy are completed, works by splitting the oxygen output directly from the inhalation/exhalation channel. the project, headed by danilo petta and oznur pinar cer, intends to provide essential aid to coronavirus patients and for any future emergencies that may occur.

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‘our renders and diagram show an idea to duplicate the capacity of the pulmonary fans by doubling the oxygen output directly from the inhalation/exhalation channel. in this way, it would be possible to treat several patients at the same time, having a ‘universal”’device and above all printable in all parts of the world’, explain designers danilo petta and oznur pinar cer.

‘since three weeks we have strengthened our industrial design team to focus our efforts on finding useful solutions for the biomedical industry, free of charge and for the common good. we are in close contact with some hospitals in italy and have launched various apparatus studies in 3D printing, especially printable in 3D and open source.’

danilo petta and oznur pinar cer continue,‘our mission is not only to provide a service in architecture and construction fields. as an architect and industrial designer, our mission is provide services is to respond directly to the needs of the users in case of emergencies. in this project that we have realized as a volunteer, our goal is to save the lives of many people in need and give them their future again. many people have died because of the lack of oxygen machines in case of intense need. we hope that this ‘breathe just’ apparatus will save people’s lives in case of an urgent need in the future.’

project info:

project name: breathe just

design: mask architects

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edited by: lynne myers | designboom