During the response for the earthquake that struck Nepal on 2015, we partnered with the NGO Field Ready to respond to a very interesting, and peculiar, design challenge.

The country received a number of donations of medical equipment, some of them needing reparations.

Field Ready installed a fablab in the field, and federates a network of humanitarian makers to contribute to their efforts via design challenges.

In strong collaboration with the brave colleagues in Nepal, we were able to respond to a challenge to design a repair part for a nebuliser. These devices are crucial in allowing pulmonary sensitive people and patients to breath better in a particle dense air such as after an earthquake.

The result

We designed a piece that responded to the functional needs, and at the same time can be 3D printed easily (standing rather than laying down, no support needed)

We used a design solution called openScad, which allows to parametrize the functional variables (lengths, diameters, angles, etc), so that our colleagues in Nepal could adjust the model easily.

Have you got a problem with your nebuliser? Our solution is open source and available on thingiverse!

We like this project a lot, because besides impacting the lives of people, it shows that technology currently allows for real time collaborations across the planet!