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Material Cost per Unit, <$80 USD

A project log for OpenFluidWarmer

a safe, low-cost IV fluid warmer solution; for when commercially available IV fluid warmers are too expensive or cannot be sourced

john-opsahlJohn Opsahl 10/01/2020 at 03:230 Comments

The latest workup estimates that the total material cost of one OpenFluidWarmer unit is just under $80 USD!

The five most expensive components being:

  1. heaters -> 29%
  2. stainless steel trays -> 14%
  3. electronics enclosure -> 12%
  4. adhesive backed foam -> 9%
  5. polystyrene foam -> 8%

As all items get accounted for and the prototype design is further refined, a small (<$10 USD) material cost increase is expected. Another cost increase (currently of unknown size) is expected when the design is updated to include all safety features.

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