Consumer electronics company Belkin is collaborating with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to design and produce the FlexVent Gas-Operated Ventilator, pending U.S. FDA Emergency Use Authorization.
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Ventilator shortages in COVID-19 hotspots have forced some emergency physicians to do what was once unthinkable: modify the equipment to accommodate more than one patient simultaneously. But is that a good idea?
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Pending probes into two deadly hospital fires linked to the devices, U.S. authorities say they will not use a batch of Russian ventilators.
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A research collaboration and ensuing friendship between a trauma surgeon in Oregon and a handful of engineers in Florida has resulted in a new ventilator design that requires no electricity and could be a game-changer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Five COVID-19 patients attached to ventilators were killed early Tuesday after a fire broke out at a Russian hospital. Early reports suggest that an overheated ventilator may be to blame.
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