And it’s at this very moment that the CoVent-19 Challenge—a contest started by Massachusetts General Hospital to develop a rapidly manufacturable ventilator—has announced its winner. Of 200 ...

(RTTNews) - Medical devices maker Medtronic plc (MDT) announced Monday that it is publicly sharing the design specifications for the Puritan Bennett 560 (PB 560) ventilator to help increase global ...

As COVID-19 spread in early 2020, the global shortage of emergency ventilators was one of the biggest concerns. The increasing demand for ventilators meant they would soon be out of supply, so a team ...

DUBLIN, March 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced it is publicly sharing the design specifications for the Puritan Bennett™ ...

One of the biggest issues medical professionals are now grappling with due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a shortage of ventilators in hospitals. This acute need for ventilators has led to ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced a new open-source ventilator system reference design that ...

Elon Musk says he'll make ventilators at Tesla's solar panel factory in Buffalo, New York. Medtronic is sharing design specifications for a basic ventilator model with any company that wants to help ...

While hospitals across the U.S. faced a possible shortage of mechanical ventilators due to COVID-19, a self-assembled "skunk works" team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) worked ...

For many of us, the act of breathing comes naturally. Behind the scenes, our diaphragm—the dome-shaped muscle that lies just beneath the ribcage—works like a slow and steady trampoline, pushing down ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have invented an emergency ventilator that could help save the lives of patients suffering from ...

Engineers are developing 3D-printed ventilator splitters. But the practice of sharing ventilators has garnered mixed reviews across the healthcare system. Medical professionals who speak out against ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- To take on the shortage of ventilators caused by COVID-19, developers from the Army Research Laboratory are collaborating with civilian partners to manufacture low-cost, emergency ...