RAPS

Pandemic prompts mask, ventilator EUAs from FDA

This week, the US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorizations (EUAs) to three ventilator-related devices, issued an umbrella EUA for disposable, single-use surgical masks and ...
Medical Xpress

Hypnosis can make ventilation masks more acceptable to patients with breathing problems

Hypnosis can significantly improve patients' tolerance of masks to help them breathe when they are suffering from acute respiratory failure, according to a pilot study presented at the European ...
JEC Composites

An emergency mask for hospital ventilators made with a snorkeling mask and 3D printed valve

Isinnova collaborates with Decathlon to manufacture a 3D-printed valve to be used with a commercially available snorkeling mask to make emergency masks for hospital ventilator. Isinnova have been ...
Cult of Mac

Tim Cook says Apple donated 10 million ventilator masks in U.S.; reiterates everyone should ‘stay at home’

Apple CEO Tim Cook confirms 10 million N95 mask donations to medical workers in America. Photo: Lewis Wallace/Cult of Mac Apple CEO Tim Cook said Wednesday the company has “sourced [and] procured” 10 ...
CNN

Ventilation helps make public transit safer from spread of Covid-19, experts say, but masks are better

Although a federal judge struck down the Biden administration’s mask mandate for public transportation Monday, some experts say you don’t want to throw out your mask just yet. No matter the form of ...