@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1167, 

TITLE={Design dynamics for a technical object born of a pandemic: the singularities of the MakAir artificial respirator}, 
  
AUTHOR={Laurent CIAVATTI
, Mathilde LANCELOT, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Technology and Innovation}, 
	
VOLUME={9}, 

NUMBER={Issue 3}, 
	
YEAR={2024}, 

URL={http://openscience.fr/Design-dynamics-for-a-technical-object-born-of-a-pandemic-the-singularities-of}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1167}, 
	
ISSN={2399-8571}, 
	
ABSTRACT={On 17 March 2020, a team of researchers, managers and engineers joined forces to design a technical object considered essential at the time: an artificial respirator called MakAir, designed for the mechanical ventilation of patients suffering from pneumonia caused by the coronavirus 2019, which could develop into acute respiratory distress syndrome. This article describes and retraces the design dynamics of this innovative medical device, analysing it from the perspective of the three types of singularity that make it up: technical, socio-technical and contextual.}}