1. Auto Bag Jerome H. Santoyo Jessica S. Yeager
Advisor: Dr. Richard Fries
Vanderbilt University
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

2. Outline Goal Timeline Project Background Current Status Future Plans
Questions

3. Goal
To Design, Build and Test a device that can be used to ventilate an infant in an emergency situation without regard to user interaction or environmental situation

4. Timeline

5. What is Currently Available?
Current Manual Ventilators:
PMR 2 Puritan Manual Resuscitator
Life Support Products L
Ambu SPUR Disposable Resuscitator
Current Automatic Ventilators:
Avian Transport Ventilator
SABRE Automatic Transport Ventilator
ParaPAC First Response Kit
VersaMed IVent
Life Support Products AutoVent 2000
SensorMedics 3100A
Acutronic AMS 3000 Jet Ventilator
Vortran Medical Tech RespirTech PRO

6. What is being used…why? Manual Bagging
Automated Ventilation with Intubation
Cost, lack of direct feedback and lack of trust lead to automated ventilators not being used to their full potential

7. Ideas Anyone? Stimulate Diaphragm Oscillatory Ventilation
Jet Ventilation
Pneumatic System
Electrical/Mechanical

8. Our Criteria Delivers sufficient O2 to infant
Does not cause harm to either patient or caregiver
Is portable
Accommodates patients ranging from neonatal to small child
Requires no attention after being setup for use
Meets ISO standards

9. Future Plans...

10. Questions?