After receiving more than 100 applications, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California has selected eight US manufacturers to make a new ventilator tailored for coronavirus (Covid-19) patients.
The prototype, which was created by JPL engineers in just 37 days, received an Emergency Use Authorisation from the Food and Drug Administration on 30th April.
Called VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally), the high-pressure ventilator was designed to use one-seventh the parts of a traditional ventilator, relying on parts already available in supply chains.
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