Draeger Issues Recall Notification for Certain Breathing Circuits
The recall addresses potential risks that glued connections of breathing circuits may loosen either before or during the ventilation process.
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‘Substantial Increase’ in Mechanical Ventilators Reported by Acute Care Hospitals in 2020
New findings may help guide policy makers in deploying ventilators to states with an urgent need of the technology.
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Medtronic’s Covidien Gets Class I Recall for Puritan Bennett 980 Ventilators
Covidien, LP is recalling its Puritan Bennett 980 Series Ventilator due to a capacitor manufacturing assembly error.
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Draeger Issues Recall Notification for Certain Breathing Circuits
The recall addresses potential risks that glued connections of breathing circuits may loosen either before or during the ventilation process.
Premier, CorVent Medical Ink Group Purchasing Agreement for Critical-Care Ventilator
Under a new expedited sourcing agreement, CorVent Medical will provide Premier hospital members access to its RESPOND Ventilator with special pricing and terms.
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Low-Cost Ventilator Set to Help People in Low-Income Countries
Researchers say a new low-cost ventilator invented amid the COVID-19 pandemic could have major implications for residents of low-income nations—as well as for sufferers of other respiratory diseases.
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Ventec Life’s V Pro Ventilator Is Reimbursable
Bothell, Wash.-based Ventec Life Systems announces that its standalone V+Pro ventilator is reimbursable.
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USF Grads Win Competition with Device Allowing Multiple Patients to Be Treated on Single Ventilator
Three medical engineering graduates of the University of South Florida catapulted themselves into the pandemic spotlight with their upgrade to the ventilator. Carolyna Yamamoto Alves Pinto, Abby Blocker, and Jacob Yarinsky took home first prize and $20,000, after winning a national competition for their device that allows multiple patients to be treated with a single ventilator.
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Dallas Men Convert Donated CPAP to Ventilator
Sanjay Jupudi, a Dallas-based software developer at Qentelli, is on a mission to reconfigure old CPAP and BiPAP machines into ventilators to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Medtronic Launches Pediatric Monitor That Alerts Clinicians to Potential Airway Obstructions During Ventilation
Medtronic plc announces the U.S. commercial launch of the SonarMed pediatric airway monitoring system, which utilizes acoustic technology to check for endotracheal tube obstruction and verify position in real-time.
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COVID-19 Patient Dies in Hospital After Roommate Unplugs Ventilator
An elderly COVID-19 patient at Erithros Stavros (Red Cross) Public Hospital in Athens, Greece, died on Thursday, April 8, after his roommate disconnected his ventilator.
