A group of engineers MacGyvered a ventilator that could be mass-produced for less than $200 apiece
The invention could be a stopgap for hospitals around the country in need of thousands of ventilators as the crush of Covid-19 cases climbs in the coming weeks.
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The automated ventilator could also replace the practice of manually pumping air into patients’ lungs using devices known as bag-valve masks, he said. Medical professionals can tire rapidly doing it, and risk infecting themselves as well. “Training health-care professionals to use these assembled ventilators with little to no diagnostic information and then troubleshooting any issues that may arise could lead to even more risk for the patients,” he said in an email.
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