PVP1–The People’s Ventilator Project: A fully open, low-cost, pressure-controlled ventilator

We present a fully open ventilator platform–The People’s Ventilator: PVP1– with complete documentation and detailed build instructions, and a DIY cost of $1,300 USD. Here, we validate PVP1 against key performance criteria specified in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Emergency Use Authorization for Ventilators. Notably, PVP1 performs well over a wide range of test conditions and has been demonstrated to perform stably for a minimum of 72,000 breath cycles over three days with a mechanical test lung. As an open project, PVP1 can enable both future educational, academic, and clinical developments in the ventilator space.