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Prisma Health collaborates with UofSC on ventilator expansion device
Collaborative effort involving Prisma Health and UofSC develops ventilator expansion device for COVID-19 patients
Posted on: March 25, 2020; Updated on: March 25, 2020
By David Lee, leedh4@mailbox.sc.edu, 803-777-7548
A collaborative effort involving Prisma Health and the University of South Carolina has resulted in emergency use authorization for a ventilator expansion device to support multiple patients during times of acute equipment shortages such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. The effort aims to save lives at a time when the nation may face a critical shortage of ventilators in the near future.
Prisma Health announced Wednesday that it has received the authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for VESper™, a unique ventilator expansion device that allows a single ventilator to support up to four patients. Produced using 3D printing technology, the device is developed with material already in use for medical devices and produced at minimal cost...
Prisma Health collaborates with UofSC on ventilator expansion device
Collaborative effort involving Prisma Health and UofSC develops ventilator expansion device for COVID-19 patients
Posted on: March 25, 2020; Updated on: March 25, 2020
By David Lee, leedh4@mailbox.sc.edu, 803-777-7548
A collaborative effort involving Prisma Health and the University of South Carolina has resulted in emergency use authorization for a ventilator expansion device to support multiple patients during times of acute equipment shortages such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. The effort aims to save lives at a time when the nation may face a critical shortage of ventilators in the near future.
Prisma Health announced Wednesday that it has received the authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for VESper™, a unique ventilator expansion device that allows a single ventilator to support up to four patients. Produced using 3D printing technology, the device is developed with material already in use for medical devices and produced at minimal cost...