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Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Permanent Update to Multi-Function Ventilator Code Increases Access to Integrated Respiratory Care for All Ventilator Users On May 29, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its policy for HCPCS code E0467 (Multi-Function Ventilator) removing “same or similar” restrictions and paving the way for increased access to integrated […]
Fitbit has developed a high-quality, low-cost, easy-to-use emergency ventilator, Fitbit Flow, which has obtained Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for use during the COVID-19 public health emergency. After seeing the global need for ventilators, Fitbit applied its deep in-house expertise in advanced sensor development […]
CAIRE Inc. has announced the acquisition of Spirosure, Inc. Spirosure is a California-based developer and manufacturer of innovative technology for measuring Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO), a key indicator of allergic inflammation in asthmatic patients. It is estimated that asthma affects more than 300 million individuals worldwide and recent Global […]
As hospitals confront the COVID-19 pandemic, caregivers need tools to help them manage a large and dispersed population of ventilated patients safely and effectively. To that end, Capsule Technologies offered the Ventilated Patient Surveillance (VPS) workstation providing present users of the company’s Medical Device Information Platform centralized remote observation of patients’ ventilator […]
Training with a counter-pressure steam breathing device has the potential to improve voice quality, as revealed in a recent pilot study in Finland. A report on the study was published in Journal of Voice, a peer-reviewed publication regarded as the world’s premier journal for voice medicine and research. The protocol […]
ResMed has launched ResMed MaskSelector, a digital tool to make remote patient mask selection and sizing easier and more effective, helping patients receive the care they need from home. ResMed MaskSelector creates personalized ResMed mask recommendations based on a patient’s sleep attributes and facial measurements. An HME can provide a […]
[playht_player width=”100%” height=”175″ voice=”Noah”]RespiraWorks, a nonprofit innovator of ventilators for developing countries, and Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS), creators of sophisticated embedded and touchscreen-enabled devices, announced a partnership to collaborate on RespiraWorks’ open-source ventilator. The medical-grade device, which can be assembled for under $500, is being designed for long-term vs. crisis use and for […]
[playht_player width=”100%” height=”175″ voice=”Noah”]In a little more than one month, from March 19 to May 1, the Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM) has gone from conception to reality, as it is now shifting to production and to support of patients affected severely by COVID-19. On May 1, 2020, the United States […]
This week results from Sermo’s COVID-19 Real Time Barometer with over 5,900 physicians explored whether COVID-19 was a new type of disease, the controversial use of ventilators, as well as the new protocols that could change the way physicians treat COVID-19. In total, Sermo’s Barometer study includes over 27,000 survey […]
Senior British doctors have warned that 250 ventilators the United Kingdom bought from China risk causing “significant patient harm, including death,” if they are used in hospitals, according to a letter seen by NBC News. The doctors said the machines had a problematic oxygen supply, could not be cleaned properly, […]
