As someone that's spent a career improving manufacturing operations, I can tell you that I have yet to see anything that is truly unique. Not saying it isn't out there, but too many don't understand their processes well enough, so they want to dumb down everybody they talk to. Aside from a process industry like a refinery or a foundry, if there is a process that is understood, it shouldn't be that hard. Someone would essentially just assemble and test it, but sadly, most companies don't do that well. The key aspect would be getting the components and setting up the assembly process.
I would wager that a unit could be assembled in under two hours, and that's being conservative. The first 2-4 units might be a bit of curve, but after that, it only gets easier.
Just FYI, ventilators have to be built in semi-clean room facilities from parts that don’t outgas, unlike cars or most consumer electronics.
I wish you’d rewrite your post in more understandable English. Too many younger FReepers have no idea of American ingenuity.
Agreed! While computerization would be NICE, it ain’t mandatory for the initial protos! Combo of (reversed) snoring machine and/or iron lung tube.
Doesn't someone have to manufacture the part before you assemble it?