A breakthrough by Australian researchers in ventilator splitting could help hospitals under severe stress as the number of critical COVID-19 cases continues to rise. For the first time, researchers have successfully tested, in a simulated environment, the potential to ventilate two lungs of different compliances from a single ventilator.
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General Motors Co. has began mass production of the Ventec Life Systems V+Pro critical care ventilator under contract to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Advocates of the Right to Repair movement are asking ventilator manufacturers to make their repair manuals, software updates, and schematics available to HTM professionals amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreTo help with the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Michigan researchers have developed a new, portable, and mass-producible helmet system that can potentially transform any hospital bed into a negative pressure room, while protecting caregivers, and sparing ventilators for the most critical cases.
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New clinical evidence produced in recent weeks has shown the benefits of noninvasive ventilators for use in less-severe cases of COVID-19-related respiratory problems, which constitute the majority of cases nationwide.
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