NYU Tandon AirMOD Design for CPAP Machine (IMAGE)

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

NYU Tandon AirMOD Design for CPAP Machine

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The AirMOD closed-loop systems employ non-vented face masks instead of traditional vented masks, drastically limiting direct exhalation to the environment, and such off-the-shelf components as viral filters, oxygen enrichment adaptors, tee-connectors, and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) valves.

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Vikram Kapila, Ph.D.

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