MassVentil Project: Mass ventilator developed at Budapest's Óbuda University by using 3D printer technology BUDAPEST, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A world first, a mass ventilator developed in months at a Hungarian university can keep up to 50 people alive at once, compared to the traditional one machine, one patient model. The Mass-ventil prototype's manufacturing time and costs can be reduced to a fraction thanks to 3D printing, bringing a potential global breakthrough in healthcare as rapid prototype development and component manufacture make the difference between life and death. Not long ago, no one foresaw hospitals suffering machine shortages, or the availability of ventilators becoming a matter of life or death. However, with the COVID-19 outbreak last year, this menacing scenario became a reality. Witnessing the pandemic, a team at Óbuda University in Budapest began developing a prototype for a modular mass ventilator system able to ventilate 50 or more coronavirus patients simultaneously. Using several appliances, hundreds of people can be ventilated at once in extreme emergency situations.