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ICU ventilators: what they are, how they work and why it's hard to make more

  • Written by Berto Pandolfo, Senior Lecturer Product Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Around the world, people are racing to design and manufacture much-needed ventilators to address a global lack of supply. One New York hospital has reportedly attempted treating two patients per ventilator out of desperation.

On March 26, a joint statement published by the American Society of Anaesthesiologists advised in regards to...

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