In the coronavirus pandemic, ventilators, the medical devices that help patients breathe, are highly sought after and hard to find – but they are not always successful. One in six COVID-19 patients ...

U.S. hospitals bracing for a possible onslaught of coronavirus patients with pneumonia and other breathing difficulties could face a critical shortage of mechanical ventilators and health care workers ...

The unprecedented demand for thousands upon thousands of life-saving ventilators appears to be among the biggest challenges facing medical electronics OEMs today due to the coronavirus pandemic. News ...

Ventilator use atrophies the diaphragm, the muscle we use for breathing. The Lungpacer is designed to help coax it back to work, to enhance recovery. Through a catheter (on the right), the Lungpacer ...

“In the event of a severe influenza pandemic, the need for life-saving mechanical ventilation will far outstrip the ability to provide it.” That foreboding opening line, clipped from a paper published ...

At hospitals facing a flood of people infected with the new coronavirus and a shortage of equipment to treat them, an unspoken question looms over every medical interaction: Will this COVID-19 patient ...

The rapid spread of coronavirus is threatening to overwhelm health services around the world, exposing the gutting of social provisions by the financial oligarchy. A major component of this crisis is ...

An iPad and Mac simulator is helping medical workers learn to use ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Hamilton Medical A ventilator simulator app for iPad and Mac is helping medical ...

A contract partnership at Spirit AeroSystems to help increase production of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic has ended early, leaving the future of around 1,000 aviation jobs at the company ...

U.S. hospitals bracing for a possible onslaught of coronavirus patients with pneumonia and other breathing difficulties could face a critical shortage of mechanical ventilators and health care workers ...