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The\n                    <jats:italic>Multiple Emergency Ventilator<\/jats:italic>\n                    overcomes these hazards by providing a temporary, pressure-controlled ventilatory support for up to ten patients simultaneously, whilst allowing for a modular and fast assembly during emergencies. This article presents the construction and the assessment of the prototype using patient simulators with different types of bio-mechanical characteristic configurations at ten hospitalization stations. Ventilation parameters at the most distal-to-source station were recorded. Under normal operation, a minute ventilation of 9.6 breaths\u2009\u00d7\u2009L\u2009\u00d7\u2009min\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    was obtained. Critical operation during different types of localized sudden pneumatic disconnections was also investigated. 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In this first prototype assessment, the device has shown its capabilities to ventilate multiple patients with consistent pressure behaviours even whilst adverse conditions are imposed.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Graphical Abstract<\/jats:bold>\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/s11517-025-03395-x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,16]],"date-time":"2025-06-16T05:46:00Z","timestamp":1750052760000},"page":"3285-3303","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Multiple Emergency Ventilator as backup solution for disaster situations: prototype development and functional assessment"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"63","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-6940-2522","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aldo J.","family":"Suria","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Luca G.","family":"Paroni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Silvano","family":"Seva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roberto","family":"Vigan\u00f2","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"Casella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alberto","family":"Zanella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giuseppe","family":"Baselli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gianfranco B.","family":"Fiore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"3395_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"707826","DOI":"10.3389\/fmedt.2021.707826","volume":"3","author":"M Madekurozwa","year":"2021","unstructured":"Madekurozwa M, Bonneuil WV, Frattolin J, Watson DJ, Moore AC, Stevens MM, van Batenburg-Sherwood J (2021) A novel ventilator design for COVID-19 and resource-limited settings. 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