Who We Are-EN – Mechanical Ventilator Milano

Fundamental research and private companies together against COVID-19.

The MVM initiative originated in the international research project, The Global Argon Dark Matter Collaboration (GADM), which supports researchers looking for dark matter, an invisible component of the universe. This research includes experience with gas handling systems and complex control systems – the same capabilities required in hospital ventilators.

While in lockdown for the Covid-19 virus in Milan, Italy, Cristiano Galbiati, the spokesperson for the GADM Collaboration, recognized the need for additional ventilators early in the pandemic, and received government permission to develop a first prototype at the SAPIO Life s.r.l. ventilator repair and support center in Vaprio d’Adda, near Bergamo. With support from Italy’s National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and groups from the Universities of Milano Statale, Milano Bicocca, Napoli Federico II and Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), and Elemaster S.p.A., AZ Pneumatica s.r.l., Saturn Magnetic s.r.l., Bel Power Europe s.r.l., and Nuclear Instruments s.r.l., they developed a first industrialized prototype, which fully demonstrated the viability of the conceptual design.
The collaboration expanded rapidly to include three national laboratories in Canada, including Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), TRIUMF and SNOLAB, through the leadership of Nobel laureate Dr. Art McDonald of Queen’s University. The US Collaboration includes people from Fermilab and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, two of the Department of Energy’s national laboratories as well as staff from US universities. The European collaboration also includes people from CNRS-IN2P3 and CIEMAT.

Getting the MVM ventilator to patients requires collaboration beyond nuclear and particle physicists. Government regulators, manufacturers and health care providers are also involved in the project.
To ensure the viability of the design in medical environments, clinical requirements are being developed with clinicians in the United States and Canada. Detailed testing and qualification of performance of the first prototype is underway with a breathing simulator at Ospedale San Gerardo in Monza, Italy and the Medicine Department of Milano Bicocca University.
The MVM Collaboration is being enthusiastically supported by industry members who are assessing part availability, evaluating supply chains, and who will eventually carry out the mass manufacturing. This process is already being supported by Elemaster in Italy. Canadian and American companies have been contacted to encourage their participation.
To facilitate rapid certification of the final design, additional direction is being provided by Health Canada, the US Air Force, the US FDA, and the Italian Istituto Superiore di Sanità and Consiglio Tecnico Scientifico della Protezione Civile.

The list of all MVM contributors and partners

A. Abba ³⁶, P. Agnes ⁶¹, E. Alessi ²³, P. Amaudruz ⁷, A. Annovi ³⁰, M. Arba ²⁶, F. Ardellier-Desages ¹⁰, C. Badia ²², J. Bagger ^7,4, G. Batignani ^30,47, G. Bellani ⁴², M. Beschi ^19,39, G. Bianchi ³⁹, D. Bishop ⁷, T. Boccali ³⁰, V. Bocci ³¹, A. Bombarda ⁴⁵, S. Bonfanti ⁴⁵, W. Bonivento ²⁶, B. Bottino ²⁷, M. Bouchard ², S. Brice ⁵⁷, G. Buccino ^22,53, S. Bussino ³², A. Caminata ²⁷, A. Capra ⁷, M. Caravati ²⁶, M. Carlini ^22,53, L. Carrozzi ⁴⁷, A. Ceccanti ²⁴, J. M. Cela Ruiz ⁵⁰, B. Celano ²⁹, C. Charette ², V. Cocco ²⁶, S. Coelli ²⁸, M. Constable ⁷, G. Croci ⁴², S. Cudmore ², S. D’Auria ²⁸, A. Dal Molin ⁴², G. Davenio ³³, O. Davignon ¹¹, S. De Cecco ³¹, L. De Laurentis ⁴⁴, M. Del Tutto ⁵⁷, J. deRuiter ², A. Devoto ²⁶, P. Diaz Gomez Maqueo ², T. Dinon ³⁹, E. Druszkiewicz ⁵⁹, C. Duma ²⁴, A. Fabbri ³², D. Farina ²³, F. Ferroni ³¹, G. Fiorillo ^29,43, R. Ford ⁶, G. Foti ⁴², D. Franco ¹⁰, F. Gabriele ³⁴, C. Galbiati ^58,35,22,26, P. Garcia Abia ⁵⁰, A. Gargantini ⁴⁵, L. Giacomelli ²³, L. Giarratana ³⁷, J. Givoletti ¹⁸, F. Golf ⁶³, G. Gorini ⁴², E. Gramellini ⁵⁷, G. Grosso ²³, F. Guescini ¹⁵, E. Guetre ⁷, G. Hackman ^7,4, T. Hadden ², J. Hall ⁶, K. Hayashi ^7,4, A. Heavey ⁵⁷, J. Herperger ⁸, G. Hersak ², N. Hessey ⁷, An. Ianni ⁵⁸, C. Ienzi ², V. Ippolito ³¹, C. Jillings ^6,4, C. Kendziora ⁵⁷, M. King ², A. Kittmer ², I. Kochanek ³⁴, R. Kruecken ⁷, M. Kushoro ⁴², M. La Commara ²⁹, G. Leblond ², X. Li ⁵⁸, C. Lim ⁷, T. Lindner ⁷, T. Lombardi ⁴⁴, T. Long ², S. Longo ²⁴, P. Lu ⁷, G. A. Lukhanin ⁵⁷, G. Magni ²⁰, R. Maharaj ⁷, M. Malosio ³⁹, C. Mapelli ³⁸, P. Margetak ⁷, S. M. Mari ³², L. Martin ⁷, A. McDonald ^5,4, D. Minuzzo ¹⁶, T. Mohayai ⁵⁷, L. Molinari Tosatti ³⁹, C. Moretti ⁴⁸, A. Muraro ²³, F. Nati ⁴², T. Noble ^4,5, A. Norrick ⁵⁷, K. Olchanski ⁷, F. Padula ¹, I. Palumbo ¹⁷, E. Panontin ⁴², R. Paoletti ^30,47, N. Paoli ¹⁸, S. Parmeggiano ⁴⁰, L. Parmeggiano ⁴⁰, C. Pearson ⁷, C. Pellegrino ²⁴, P. Pelliccione ^44,52, V. Pesudo ^50,51, A. Pocar ⁶², M. Pontesilli ²¹, R. Pordes ⁵⁷, S. Pordes ⁵⁷, A. Prini ³⁹, O. Putignano ⁴², J. Raaf ⁵⁷, M. Razeti ²⁶, A. Razeto ³⁴, D. Reed ⁵⁶, A. Renshaw ⁶¹, M. Rescigno ³¹, F. Retriere ⁷, E. Riccobene ⁴⁶, D. Rigamonti ²³, L. Rignanese ²⁵, A. Rizzi ^30,47, J. Rode ^10,12, J. Romualdez ^58,9, D. Sablone ³⁴, D. Salomoni ²⁴, R. Santorelli ⁵⁰, E. Scapparone ²⁵, T. Schaubel ², M. Settimo ¹⁴, B. Shaw ⁷, B. Slutsky ⁹, B. Smith ⁷, N. Smith ⁶, P. Spagnolo ³⁰, F. Spinella ³⁰, A. Stenzler ⁵⁴, A. Steri ²⁶, L. Stiaccini ^41,30, C. Stoughton ⁵⁷, P. Stringari ¹³, M. Tardocchi ²³, R. Tartaglia ³⁴, G. Testera ²⁷, E. Thomas ⁴, C. Tintori ¹⁸, J. Tseng ⁶⁵, S. Viel ³, E. Viscione ²⁸, A. Visioli ^19,39, F. Vivaldi ¹⁸, J. Vossebeld ⁶⁴, M. Wada ⁴⁹, H. Wang ⁶⁰, M. Wang ⁵⁷, S. Westerdale ²⁶, S. Yue ², A. Zardoni ¹⁶, M. Zhang ⁵⁵

Australia
Curtin University, Perth ⁽¹⁾

Canada
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River ⁽²⁾
Carleton University, Ottawa ⁽³⁾
McDonald Institute, ⁽⁴⁾
Queen’s University, Kingston ⁽⁵⁾
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Laboratory, Creighton Mine ⁽⁶⁾
TRIUMF: Canada’s particle accelerator centre, Vancouver ⁽⁷⁾
The Mosaic Company, Regina ⁽⁸⁾
University of Toronto, Toronto ⁽⁹⁾

France
APC, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Paris, Paris ⁽¹⁰⁾
LLR, CNRS/IN2P3, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau ⁽¹¹⁾
LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3, Sorbonne Université, Paris ⁽¹²⁾
MINES ParisTech, Paris ⁽¹³⁾
SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, IMT-Atlantique, Université de Nantes, Nantes ⁽¹⁴⁾

Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich ⁽¹⁵⁾

Italy
AZ Pneumatica S.R.L., Misinto ⁽¹⁶⁾
Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo, Milano ⁽¹⁷⁾
CAEN S.p.A., Viareggio ⁽¹⁸⁾
Dipartimento di Meccanica e Ingegneria Industriale dell’Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia ⁽¹⁹⁾
Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna ⁽²⁰⁾
Ginevri S.R.L., Roma ⁽²¹⁾
Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila ⁽²²⁾
ISTP – CNR, Milano ⁽²³⁾
Istituto Nazione di Fisica Nucleare – CNAF, Bologna ⁽²⁴⁾
Istituto Nazione di Fisica Nucleare – Sez. di Bologna, Bologna ⁽²⁵⁾
Istituto Nazione di Fisica Nucleare – Sez. di Cagliari, Cagliari ⁽²⁶⁾
Istituto Nazione di Fisica Nucleare – Sez. di Genova, Genova ⁽²⁷⁾
Istituto Nazione di Fisica Nucleare – Sez. di Milano, Milano ⁽²⁸⁾
Istituto Nazione di Fisica Nucleare – Sez. di Napoli, Napoli ⁽²⁹⁾
Istituto Nazione di Fisica Nucleare – Sez. di Pisa, Pisa ⁽³⁰⁾
Istituto Nazione di Fisica Nucleare – Sez. di Roma 1, Roma ⁽³¹⁾
Istituto Nazione di Fisica Nucleare – Sez. di Roma 3, Roma ⁽³²⁾
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma ⁽³³⁾
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi ⁽³⁴⁾
Museo della fisica e Centro studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi, Roma ⁽³⁵⁾
Nuclear Instruments S.R.L., Lambrugo ⁽³⁶⁾
Policlinico San Pietro, Ponte San Pietro ⁽³⁷⁾
Politecnico di Milano, Milano ⁽³⁸⁾
STIIMA – CNR, Milano ⁽³⁹⁾
Sergio Installazioni Snc, Treviglio ⁽⁴⁰⁾
Universit`a degli Studi di Siena, Siena ⁽⁴¹⁾
Università Milano Bicocca, Milano ⁽⁴²⁾
Università degli Studi Federico II, Napoli ⁽⁴³⁾
Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila ⁽⁴⁴⁾
Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Bergamo ⁽⁴⁵⁾
Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano ⁽⁴⁶⁾
Università di Pisa, Pisa ⁽⁴⁷⁾
Università di Roma La Sapienza, Roma ⁽⁴⁸⁾

Poland
Particle Astrophysics Science and Technology Centre (AstroCeNT), Warsaw ⁽⁴⁹⁾

Spain
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid ⁽⁵⁰⁾
Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, Canfranc ⁽⁵¹⁾

Sweden
Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg ⁽⁵²⁾

Switzerland
CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire), Genève ⁽⁵³⁾

USA
12th Man Technologies, Inc., Garden Grove ⁽⁵⁴⁾
Department of Physics – University of Illinois, Champaign ⁽⁵⁵⁾
Equilbar L.L.C., Fletcher ⁽⁵⁶⁾
Fermilab National Laboratory, Batavia ⁽⁵⁷⁾
Princeton University, Princeton ⁽⁵⁸⁾
Rochester University, Rochester ⁽⁵⁹⁾
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles ⁽⁶⁰⁾
University of Houston, Houston ⁽⁶¹⁾
University of Massachussets, Amherst ⁽⁶²⁾
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln ⁽⁶³⁾

United Kingdom
Liverpool University, Liverpool ⁽⁶⁴⁾
University of Oxford, Oxford ⁽⁶⁵⁾