Despite the ramped up efforts by existing manufacturers on their production cycles, there remained a need for a viable, long-term solution—particularly in areas where standard medical ventilators may be even harder to obtain. Our final design, dubbed VOX (formerly InVent), is a rapidly deployable, pneumatically driven ventilator that prioritizes modularity, uses off-the-shelf solutions, and is optimized for a Covid-19 healthcare context. VOX costs less than $1,000 to produce and can be assembled in under 4 hours. The delivery of the final prototype is the result of continual collaboration and engagement with respiratory therapists (RTs), ICU nurses, and doctors who supported and informed the team’s goal of delivering a user-friendly, high-precision form factor that is easily assembled and adaptable to multiple healthcare settings. In an effort to fully understand and prioritize the needs of various hospitals experiencing shortages, the team first looked closely at the context.