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April 24, 2020 06: 44:34
An Australian-made ventilator that costs a tenth of the rate of existing models has actually been brought to life in just 4 weeks.
Key points:
- The rapid manufacture of cheaper equipment could make ICU care available to more patients
- The locally made ventilator does not yet have the approval of the Healing Item Administration
- The State Government is prioritising how it can boost its support for more products to be made in your area
The OzVader ventilator is the result of a partnership in between engineers, Brisbane-based production business Olitek, extensive care specialists and the Medical Engineering Research Center (MERF) at the Queensland University of Innovation (QUT).
It does not yet have the approval of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), but the company behin