Doctors at Mount Sinai Hospital transformed a sleep apnea device into a ventilator; an LA entrepreneur converts a toy factory to make masks
Dr. Charles Powell describes it as an “Apollo 13 moment.” In just a few days, a team of doctors and respiratory therapists at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City scavenged tubes and electronics, crafted a key part on a 3-D printer, and successfully converted a $1,500 sleep therapy device, capable of substituting for the $50,000 machine on many, although not all, patients.
“Apollo 13" efforts, a reference to NASA’s daring rescue of a damaged spacecraft heading to the moon in 1970, are taking place around the country as doctors, researchers and entrepreneurs confront the nation’s shortages of critical medical supplies and turn their ingenuity to finding solutions. “These providers are begging for the masks, for goggles, for face shields,” said Larian, whose company’s brands include LOL Surprise, Little Tikes and the Bratz dolls. “They are heroes, and these masks can help protect them.”
Ventilators are among the most sought pieces of medical equipment in the coronavirus crisis. The United States has just over 170,000 of the devices, a number that public health experts have warned could fall far short of meeting the nation’s needs.
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