NASA designs coronavirus-specific ventilator in 37 days
Updated: April 25, 2020 - 4:56 PM
NASA engineers have developed a “high-pressure” ventilator prototype, designed specifically to help coronavirus patients, the agency confirmed.
VITAL, or Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally, was tested at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City on a “high-fidelity human patient simulator” after only 37 days in development, NASA said in a statement released Thursday.
The agency is seeking expedited approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration through an emergency use authorization, CNN reported.
“The team feels confident that the VITAL ventilator will be able to safely ventilate patients suffering from COVID-19, both here in the United States and throughout the world,” Matthew Levin, a director at the school, told The Hill.
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