Formula One teams are among the British firms joining forces to provide UK hospitals with vital equipment for COVID-19 patients.
The first device was produced in less than 100 hours at UCL's engineering hub MechSpace, with 100 of them to be delivered to the university's hospital for clinical trials and then rolled out nationwide.Production is also ramping up on ventilators, with several F1 teams involved in a joint effort by British industrial, technology and engineering firms from the aerospace, automotive and medical sectors.
Haas F1, McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull Racing, Racing Point, Renault Sport Racing and Williams have joined forces with the likes of Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens to produce the ventilators, which the UK is short of.and Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the government had asked suppliers to build"as many ventilators as they can".
The consortium is being headed up by Dick Elsy, the chief executive of a group of UK-based manufacturing research centres called High Value Manufacturing Catapult."They are working with incredible determination and energy to scale up production of much-needed ventilators and combat the virus that is affecting people in many countries."
Mr Elsy said he was"confident" the consortium had the"skills and tools to make a difference and save lives".
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