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Electric Car Manufacturer Switches to Making Emergency Ventilators
Mullen Technologies, a company that's aiming to soon start producing a high-performance electric car, has directed its engineering and manufacturing efforts into releasing an emergency ventilator for the current COVID-19 pandemic. The Mullen 8...
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Breast Pumps Converted Into Ventilators to Help COVID-19 Response
A team of engineers working at University of Maryland's TechPort, typically a drone startup incubator, are converting breast pumps into rudimentary ventilators. Breast pumps create significant suction to pull milk out of a woman's breast. Turns...
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University Converts CPAP Machines into Ventilators
As cities across the United States face ventilator shortages for COVID-19 patients, a group at Auburn University has developed a way to convert continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines into functioning ventilators. CPAP machines...
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Stryker Emergency Relief Bed to Help COVID Clinics
Stryker, a big name in the medical device space, is releasing its Emergency Relief Bed specifically designed for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The company claims it'll be able to manufacture 10,000 of these per week as the demand for extra...
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University Ventilator Supports Two Patients Independently
A group of engineers from Georgia Tech, Cranfield University in the UK, and Emory University, have developed their own version of a bag-mask-valve (Ambu-bag) ventilator. It combines the ubiquitous resuscitation bags that are found within...
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Materialise Breathing System to Help Reduce Need for Ventilators
Conventional mechanical ventilators are the go-to method when patients in severe respiratory distress need help breathing. As things stand, there's an unprecedented demand around the world for ventilators to help patients acutely affected...
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A Look at Tesla's Prototype Ventilator
As the United States braces for what many think may be most critical weeks in the coronavirus crisis, many companies are temporarily pivoting their manufacturing capabilities to focus on the mass shortages of PPE and medical equipment. Most...
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Oxford's Emergency Ventilator Project Steaming Ahead
The University of Oxford and King’s College London have teamed up to develop and are now testing a new emergency ventilator that consists of devices that commonly exist in clinical spaces and scientific laboratories, and a few simple parts...
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AnapnoGuard Helps Prevent Ventilator Complications
Ventilators are important to maintain patients with severe respiratory distress due to COVID-19, but the machines carry their own risks. An over-inflated endotracheal tube cuff could damage the trachea, while an under-inflated cuff could result...
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