Tesla Ventilator

#1

Post by ericzawo » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 1:49 PM UTC

Tesla Ventilator
youtube.com

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#2

Post by panpanna » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 1:55 PM UTC

Not sure what to think of this.

Any people working with real medical ventilators care to comment on this?

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#3

Post by zebrafish » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 2:12 PM UTC

I'll be interested to see how well they can scale this up. Production functions are always dependent on the most scare component. Hopefully Tesla can leverage their already existing supplier base to easily source everything needed for this design.

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#4

Post by yoda_sl » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 2:13 PM UTC

Extremely curious the outcome... I hope they can get some folks in the medical field to provide quickly some feedback.

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#5

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 2:15 PM UTC

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#6

Post by vernie » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 2:17 PM UTC

Is this like the kid-size submarine or does it have a chance of being mass-produced?

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#7

Post by sschueller » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 2:18 PM UTC

For more background info on what is needed for a ventilator and why it isn't that simple: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22779665

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#8

Post by m4tthumphrey » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 2:20 PM UTC

I just love the environment in the video! It looks like they're all in college experimenting! Loving the rowdy shirts and leather jackets!

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#9

Post by gullyfur » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 2:20 PM UTC

zebrafish wrote: post #3

I'll be interested to see how well they can scale this up. Production functions are always dependent on the most scare component. Hopefully Tesla can leverage their already existing supplier base to easily source everything needed for this design.

I'm interested in this too. In the video, they said they're attempting to make this using as many car parts as possible, to prevent themselves from taking supply away from other ventilator manufacturers. That's a noble goal, as well as it helps them leverage their existing supply chain.

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#10

Post by toomuchtodo » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 2:22 PM UTC

yoda_sl wrote: post #4

Extremely curious the outcome... I hope they can get some folks in the medical field to provide quickly some feedback.

Tesla is working with Medtronic (per Medtronic's CEO on CNBC Mar 25th) to rapidly iterate on their designs.