New ventilators funded by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act are being used by emergency services in Kitsap to help COVID-19 patients breathe on their way to the hospital.

"We know that we're not going to be able to replicate the ventilator functions of $25,000 ventilators with a $500 ventilator. We're hoping to get as close as we can," Ethan Chaleff, executive ...

Its manufacturer, ResMed, says the $700 device solely functions as a continuous positive airway pressure machine used to treat sleep apnea. It does this by funneling air into a mask.

Ventilators can save people’s lives — that’s been the case for many patients who have had serious symptoms of COVID-19. But when a machine takes over breathing, it has unwanted side effects. The ...

Instead, the company points to its AirCurve 10 bilevel devices—which look a whole lot like the CPAP machines—to help COVID-19 patients mechanically breathe. It's worth mentioning the AirSense ...

Although its manufacturer says the AirSense 10 would require “ significant rework to function as a ventilator,” many ventilator functions were already built into the device firmware.