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In March 2020, Team Consulting was challenged by the UK Government to rapidly develop and manufacture safety critical ventilators in response to Covid-19. Looking back, we can reflect on how much can be achieved in such a short timeframe with a multi-disciplinary team and lots of ingenuity. Working within an unprecedented timeline, we rapidly developed the Emergency Ventilator Apparatus (EVA 1.5), with the design frozen in 4 weeks and verification, transfer to manufacture and technical file generation completed in 6 weeks. The full EVA 1.5 design and development history was then transferred to the UK Government and the Crown. Here are some key highlights from the project: 𝗔𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: we used an agile approach to manage multiple concurrent development activities, including mechanical design, pneumatics, software, industrial design and more 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: by adapting an existing ventilator and using a large, dedicated and multidisciplinary team, the EVA 1.5 was design frozen in 4 weeks, manufacturing and technical file generation in 6 weeks 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿-𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: by collaborating with clinicians, we ensured to integrate simple and clear instructions for ease of use by potentially less experienced personnel under emergency conditions 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: we created a new technical file from scratch due to regulatory requirements, ensuring full compliance with medical device standards Read the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/e_C8yg7u #medicaldevices #medicaltechnology #healthcareinnovation

Sam C.

Solutions Consultancy Manager

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One of my favourite parts of this story was some of the Team colleagues sleeping in a caravan on-site during the lockdowns to ensure social distancing etc.! Amazing commitment!

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