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  2. Ventilator - Wikipedia

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    During the 2019–2020 COVID-19 pandemic, various kinds of ventilators have been considered. Deaths caused by COVID-19 have occurred when the most severely infected experience acute respiratory distress syndrome, a widespread inflammation in the lungs that impairs the lungs' ability to absorb oxygen and expel carbon dioxide. These patients ...

  3. Open-source ventilator - Wikipedia

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    On May 29, 2020, NASA revealed the "Eight US Manufacturers Selected to Make NASA COVID-19 Ventilator." [51] The U.S. companies selected for licenses are: Vacumed, a division of Vacumetrics, Inc. in Ventura, California; Stark Industries, LLC in Columbus, Ohio; MVent, LLC, a division of Minnetronix Medical, in St. Paul, Minnesota

  4. Treatment and management of COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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    A critically ill patient receiving invasive ventilation in the intensive care unit of the Heart Institute, University of São Paulo, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Due to a shortage of mechanical ventilators, a bridge ventilator is being used to automatically actuate a bag valve mask .

  5. Rethinking coronavirus, growing questions about the use of ...

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    Early reporting on coronavirus deaths from China, Italy and the U.S. show that more than half — and as many as two-thirds — of COVID-19 patients who are placed on ventilators don’t survive.

  6. Tesla Shows 'Car Parts-Based' Ventilator Prototype For ... - AOL

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    Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) on Sunday publicized a prototype of its ventilators for patients who fall critically ill from novel coronavirus (COVID-19).What Happened "We are trying to make some ...

  7. The U.S. has spent billions stockpiling ventilators, but many ...

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    With the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across its shores earlier this year, the U.S. government in April announced orders for almost $3 billion of ventilators for a national stockpile, meant to save ...

  8. Iron lung - Wikipedia

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    Smaller versions, like the cuirass ventilator and jacket ventilator, enclose only the patient's torso. Breathing in humans occurs through negative pressure, where the rib cage expands and the diaphragm contracts, causing air to flow in and out of the lungs. The concept of external negative pressure ventilation was introduced by John Mayow in

  9. Raspberry Pi will power ventilators for COVID-19 patients - AOL

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    Medical device manufacturers are turning to Raspberry Pi devices to serve as the brains for the ventilators that treat COVID-19 patients.