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 ...

"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.

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.

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.

When professor of mechanical engineering Alex Slocum Sr. ’82, SM ’83, PhD ’85, and his son, Alexander Slocum Jr. ’08, SM ’10, PhD ’13, started hearing the reports out of Italy in early ...