Shared Ventilators

Under ordinary circumstances, hospitals don’t have patients sharing a ventilator, but the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t an ordinary circumstance, though it is stimulating innovation. Many university labs have designed “do-it-yourself” ventilators.  This piece, from Galway VentSystems, Galway, Ireland) shows how existing ventilators can be shared, noting that Galway, on Ireland’s west coast, is a hub for medtech innovation.   MORE WITH SCHEMATIC AND VIDEO

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