Worldwide Ventilator

Name

Worldwide Ventilator

Legal name

Worldwide Ventilator

Website

https://worldwideventilator.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Ventilators

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

Ventilators & Mechanical Ventilation Systems (ICU/Transport/Home) (HLAHAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Anesthesia & Respiratory Gas Delivery Equipment (Breathing Circuits, Vaporizers, Gas Mixers) (HLAHAGAK), Oxygen Therapy Systems (Concentrators, Cylinders, Liquid O2, HFNC) (HLAHAGAD)

Keywords

• Open source ventilator
• Emergency ventilator design
• Fluidic oscillator ventilator
• Field medical ventilator
• Low-cost mechanical ventilator

Headquarters

HQ city

Bellevue

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Non-Commercial Humanitarian Project: This is a not-for-profit humanitarian initiative created in response to the COVID-19 ventilator shortage. The organization explicitly states they are not trying to make money, only to help create a ventilator that can be mass-produced for saving lives. Design is provided free under Creative Commons Non-Commercial license.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Worldwide Ventilator designs and freely distributes an open-source, low-cost emergency field ventilator based on a bistable fluidic amplifier (fluidic oscillator) inspired by the 1968 US Army Emergency Respirator. The mechanical device requires no electronics, supports both assisted and automatic breathing modes, and is provided under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License for local manufacturing by machine shops or 3D printers.

Product overview

Worldwide Ventilator is an open-source hardware initiative offering a single core product: an emergency field ventilator designed for rapid deployment during medical emergencies. The product consists of a bistable fluidic oscillator (the core mechanical component) that can be manufactured via 3D printing or injection molding, combined with standard medical components (face masks, tubing, air compressor, filters). The company provides manufacturing specifications and design files for the open-source ventilator, with the ability to scale to 1 million units in 40 days through injection molding partnerships. No software-as-a-service, API products, or additional modules are offered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Field Ventilator An open-source, low-cost, mechanical field emergency ventilator designed for resource-constrained regions and make-shift hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Uses a bistable fluidic oscillator technology inspired by the 1968 US Army Emergency Respirator, with no complex electronics or moving parts, supporting both assisted and automatic breathing modes with adjustable inhale pressure, exhale pressure, and exhale volume duration.
• Open-Source Fluidic Oscillator Component The core open-source fluidic oscillator component of the emergency ventilator, which can be created at any local machine shop or with a 3D printer. This component enables pressure-based switching between inhale and exhale modes without complex electronics or moving parts.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1 million units capacity in 40 days of manufacturing
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Public Invention, Helpful Engineering, Make MagazineminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2020Co-hosts of Vent-CON 2020 conference where Worldwide Ventilator participated to present progress and network with other open-source ventilator initiatives.
• Fresh ConsultingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFresh Consulting is the parent company driving the Worldwide Ventilator initiative. Provides integrated team of designers, developers, engineers, and innovators. Founded in 2007 with 300+ employees across 4 offices. End-to-end innovation partner providing all development resources for the ventilator project.
• SU2 Foundation / StanfordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) team from Stanford using SU2 open-source code. Global team including members from US, Germany, Italy, Israel, England, Scotland, and Netherlands. Providing 3D simulations and fluid dynamics analysis to validate and improve prototype designs.
• ARMEE VentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOpen-source ventilator project discovered during research phase. Shared similar product concept and passion. Worldwide Ventilator sent a test lung to help them with testing. Discussed future collaborative paths.
• ZIAN and MUSCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHeld conference calls for collaboration with ZIAN and MUSC (Medical University of South Carolina) to explore partnership opportunities in ventilator development and testing.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• GE HealthCare: Major medical equipment manufacturer with a ventilator and patient monitoring portfolio. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering integrated hospital ventilation solutions that contrast with Worldwide Ventilator's standalone, minimal-component design philosophy.
• Drägerwerk: German medical and safety technology company with a significant ventilator and anesthesia delivery portfolio. Comparable as an established European manufacturer of mechanical ventilation and respiratory gas delivery equipment.
• Hamilton Medical: Specialist ventilator manufacturer known for high-end ICU and transport ventilators. Comparable as a focused incumbent serving the same emergency and ICU mechanical ventilation use case as Worldwide Ventilator.
• Getinge: Swedish medical technology company offering ICU ventilators and respiratory care solutions. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving hospitals with mechanical ventilation systems.
• Philips Respironics: Major ventilator and respiratory care device manufacturer with a broad hospital ventilation portfolio. Comparable as an established player offering full-featured electronic ventilators that contrast with Worldwide Ventilator's minimal mechanical approach.
• Medtronic: Global medical device leader and one of the largest ventilator manufacturers (PB560, Puritan Bennett series). Comparable as the dominant incumbent in the mechanical ventilation market that Worldwide Ventilator's design targets at a fraction of the cost.
• ResMed: Global leader in respiratory care devices including non-invasive ventilation and CPAP/BiPAP systems. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the respiratory device space with overlapping patient populations in chronic and acute respiratory care.

Emerging players

• Helpful Engineering: Open-source volunteer engineering community that co-hosted Vent-CON 2020 with Public Invention and Make Magazine. Comparable as a community-driven, non-commercial organization that emerged during COVID-19 to coordinate open-source ventilator development efforts.

Direct peers

• Public Invention: Open-source ventilator initiative that co-hosted Vent-CON 2020 alongside Worldwide Ventilator. Direct peer as a fellow open-source humanitarian ventilator project pursuing similar low-cost, locally-manufacturable emergency ventilation designs.
• ARMEE Vent: Open-source ventilator project with which Worldwide Ventilator exchanged a test lung and discussed collaborative paths. Direct peer as a parallel open-source initiative developing low-cost emergency ventilator designs during the COVID-19 crisis.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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