CPAP Adapters: Design to Delivery in Three Days

by Paul Chase

On Friday, April 10th, Nova Labs was approached with a new PPE Challenge: the D.C. Fire and EMS reached out because they were unable to source adapters for their CPAP equipment, which are needed to add inline filters to the equipment. The adapters are a simple part – so while we needed a design, it only took a few minutes to prototype and print; the first successful part was completed the day Nova Labs got the call.

At 8:38pm that Friday evening, the final file was posted to Slack and we asked the Nova Labs community to step in and make 1,000 parts - which were 3D printed within three days! The first delivery of 100 went out Monday morning, with the remainder being ferried across town by an additional group of dedicated volunteers.

The PPE Challenge previously organized to set up drop points and transportation for the Prusa face shields, fabric face fasks, N95 masks, and earsaver straps stepped up once again to collect and deliver the parts and help keep our first responders safe.

Find me on Nova Labs Slack: @Paul Chase