As hospitals seek innovative solutions to treat the surge of COVID-19 patients with resources running thin, expanding ventilator supply has been central to the conversation. Research has shown that ...

A new system of splitting ventilators between two patients which can be adjusted for each individual has been designed by clinicians and medical technologists in Galway. Galway is a medtech hub, where ...

A team based in Galway has developed an adjustable split ventilator which can be used on two Covid-19 patients in intensive care at the one time. As scaling up of ventilator production around the ...

A medical device company in Galway has designed a new system to enable two patients to be treated safely from one ventilator. The Inspire Team, based at NUIG, is hoping the system can be replicated ...

Officials have pointed to the anesthesia machines as a resource for hospitals. Anticipating ongoing shortages of ventilator machines as the coronavirus continues to spread across the country, states ...

"Never let a good crisis go to waste" – the often-quoted words of former UK prime minister Winston Churchill when he worked to form the United Nations after the second World War. "Necessity is the ...

For the first time, scientists are able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the lungs. In a new study, using a ventilator-on-a-chip model ...