When a defense industry consultant with an engineering background realized weapons makers could help solve supply-chain problems within the U.S. ventilator industry, the creation of Vent Connect was set in motion.
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The auto manufacturer has teamed up with Reading, Pa.-based Dynaflo to increase the company’s production of diaphragm compressors, a key component of portable ventilators that are used to treat COVID-19 patients.
Read MoreThe U.S. FDA included, under the ventilator emergency use authorization (EUA), a ventilator developed by NASA, which is tailored to treat patients with COVID-19.
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Experts from London’s Imperial College have publicized the design of emergency ventilators—which, they say, can perform the tasks required of ICU ventilators used to treat COVID-19 patients.
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In a letter obtained by NBC News, some British physicians have asserted that the 250 ventilators the U.K. bought from China could cause “significant patient harm, including death,” if hospitals use them.
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