Officials have pointed to the anesthesia machines as a resource for hospitals. Anticipating ongoing shortages of ventilator machines as the coronavirus continues to spread across the country, states ...

The coronavirus is straining the global health care system, with one piece of lifesaving medical equipment in particularly scarce supply: mechanical ventilators. A ventilator helps patients who cannot ...

To help ease ventilator shortages resulting from the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, researchers at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering were able to modify continuous positive airway ...

Breast pumps. Sleep apnea machines. Disposable devices. With ventilators in short supply, a do-it-yourself movement of sorts has sprung up with enterprising doctors and others repurposing machines or ...

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• CPAP machines, which are used by people with sleep apnea, have some superficial similarities with ventilators, raising the question of whether they could be adapted to ease the coronavirus-driven ...

Ross Hunter says his prototype ventilator is based on a coffee machine design Scottish design engineer Ross Hunter has made it to the finals of a global competition to create low-cost ventilators for ...

Philips has recalled some sleep apnea and ventilator machines over concerns about health risks. The company on Monday issued a recall for specific Philips Bi-Level Positive Airway Pressure (Bi-Level ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ventilators may unintentionally harm patients; research is lacking in children. A new study will test how well ...