Individualized System for Augmenting Ventilation Efficacy (iSAVE)

Rapidly and safely expanding ventilator capacity

Terms of Use

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Acceptance of the Terms of Use

Welcome to the website of the Individualized System for Augmenting Ventilation Efficacy (“iSave”), a project developed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”) (the “Site”). These Terms of Use govern your use of this Site and the: (a) information; (b) tools; (c) materials; (d) system design and related information, including implementation instructions and clinical considerations (collectively, the “System Design”); (e) other features and functionality (including but not limited to, all software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof); and (f) any other content found on the Site ((a)-(f), collectively, “Content”). Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Site. By using the Site, you hereby accept these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you should not visit the Site.

Changes to the Terms of Use

MIT reserves the right to change these Terms of Use at any time in its sole discretion by posting revisions on the Site. Such revisions will be effective immediately upon posting them to the Site. Your use of the Site after such changes have been posted shall constitute your acceptance of the revised Terms of Use.

Accessing this Site 

  1. By using this Site, you represent and warrant that you are 13 years or older. If you are under the age of 13 years, you agree not to visit the Site.
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Prohibited Uses

  1. You may use the Site only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Site:
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    6. Access or search or attempt to access or search the Site by any means (automated or otherwise) other than through our currently available, published interfaces provided by MIT; or
    7. Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site.

Intellectual Property Rights

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  2. All copyright in and to the System Design belongs to MIT.  MIT is making the System Design freely available to you to use, subject to these Terms of Use and your agreement to give full attribution to MIT should you reproduce, display, disseminate, or distribute the System Design. Some of the Content on the Site is not available for downloading, such as our copyrighted works that we do not distribute or works of others that we are not permitted to distribute. If and to the extent you provide any feedback, suggestions, recommendations, analysis or other information or data to MIT in connection with your use of the Site or the Content (“Feedback”), you hereby permit MIT to use, reproduce, disclose, distribute, modify, and prepare derivative works of such Feedback for any purpose whatsoever in perpetuity.
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Monitoring and Enforcement

  1. MIT has the right to:
    1. Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Site; and
    2. Terminate your access to all or part of the Site for any or no reason, including without limitation any violation of these Terms of Use.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

You acknowledge that the Content is in research phase and all outcomes from use of the Content are not known.  YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT, INCLUDING THE SYSTEM DESIGN, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT, INCLUDING THE SYSTEM DESIGN,  ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. 

MIT, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS COLLABORATORS, MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR COVENANTS, WHETHER STATUTORY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, BY COURSE OF COMMUNICATION OR DEALING, OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTENT, INCLUDING THE SYSTEM DESIGN, AND ANY RESULTING DEVICE.  MIT, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS COLLABORATORS,  SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY WITH REGARD TO FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, MIT, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS COLLABORATORS, MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND THAT THE CONTENT, INCLUDING THE SYSTEM DESIGN, AND ANY RESULTING DEVICE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF SUCH DEVICE WILL MEET YOUR OR ANY THIRD PARTY’S REQUIREMENTS, OR ACHIEVE ANY INTENDED RESULT OR THAT THE USE OF THE SYSTEM DESIGN TO MAKE A DEVICE WILL COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL, FEDERAL, STATE OR MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS REGARDING MEDICAL DEVICES OR MEDICAL USES.  YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT MIT, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS COLLABORATORS, IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY HEALTH PROBLEMS, INJURIES OR DEATH THAT MAY RESULT FROM YOUR OR ANY THIRD PARTY’S USE OF ANY DEVICE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT, INCLUDING THE SYSTEM DESIGN.  IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT MIT DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL OR OTHER HEALTH-RELATED ADVICE.     

MIT, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS COLLABORATORS, DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR OR ASSURANCES REGARDING THE QUALITY, FUNCTIONALITY, OR SAFETY OF ANY DEVICE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT, INCLUDING THE SYSTEM DESIGN, OR ANY DEFECT, ERRORS OR MALFUNCTION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.    

YOU UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT: YOU ARE A LEARNED INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN ANY AND ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE USE OF ANY DEVICE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT, INCLUDING THE SYSTEM DESIGN; YOU HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO USE THE CONTENT, THE SYSTEM DESIGN OR ANY DEVICE RESULTING THEREFROM AND YOU DO SO IN YOUR SOLE DISCRETION; YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE DEGREE OF MONITORING OR OVERSIGHT THAT IS APPROPRIATE IN CONNECTION WITH PATIENT CARE AND THE USE OF ANY DEVICE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT, INCLUDING THE SYSTEM DESIGN; YOU HAVE ACCEPTED ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND MIT, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS COLLABORATORS, RETAINS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF ANY RESULTING DEVICE; AND YOU WILL COMPLY WITH ALL LAWS AND GOVERNMENTAL RULES, REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES, INCLUDING ANY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO ANY RESULTING DEVICE OR THE USE THEREOF.

MIT does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the Internet or the Site will be free of viruses or other destructive code. NEITHER MIT NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH MIT MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE AND THE CONTENT. MIT WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE CONTENT, YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY AVAILABLE CONTENT, OR YOUR USE OF ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO THE SITE.  

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL MIT, ITS TRUSTEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, FACULTY, STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, VOLUNTEERS, AND COLLABORATORS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL AND MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL) AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS, HEIRS AND ASSIGNS BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR, OR INDEMNIFY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, THE CONTENT (INCLUDING THE SYSTEM DESIGN), ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SITE OR CONTENT OR ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, CONTENT OR SUCH THIRD PARTY WEBSITES; ANY USE OF A RESULTING DEVICE; ANY ERROR, FAILURE OR DEFECT OF SUCH DEVICE; OR ANY HARM OR INJURY CAUSED BY SUCH DEVICE.

Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you shall indemnify MIT and all of its trustees, directors, officers, faculty, students, employees, agents, affiliates, volunteers, and collaborators (including but not limited to Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital) and their respective successors, heirs and assigns (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all losses and liabilities, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising from or related to your breach of these Terms of Use, your use of, or inability to use, the Site and the Content and your use of any information obtained through use of the Site and Content. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any such claim. 

Site Assistance

You understand that MIT does not provide customer assistance or technical support for use of the Site. You may contact us concerning technical problems but MIT is under no obligation to fix or correct any technical issue.

Links from the Site 

If the Site contains links to other websites and resources provided by or hosted by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. MIT has no control over the contents of those websites or resources and accepts no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to the Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

Geographic Restrictions

The Site is operated by MIT from Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States of America. Content is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject MIT to any registration or other requirement within such jurisdiction or country. MIT reserves the right to limit access or availability of the Site to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction.

Governing Law

These Terms of Use and all disputes or controversies arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use and your use of the Site and the Content shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to conflicts of law provisions that would require the laws of another jurisdiction to apply.  You hereby expressly consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal courts located in Massachusetts for any lawsuit arising from or related to these Terms and Conditions.

Limitation on Time to File Claims

ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE SITE OR THE CONTENT MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES, OTHERWISE SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

Waiver and Severability

No waiver of these Terms of Use by MIT shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition, and any failure of MIT to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

Comments and Concerns

  1. The Site is operated by iSAVE. All technical issues or questions may be directed to cgt20@mit.edu, provided that neither iSave nor MIT is under any obligation to respond to your email or make any requested fix.
  2. ​All other feedback and comments concerning the Site and the Content, or other general inquiries related to iSave should be directed to shriyas@mit.edu.

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