The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Carle Health has produced a prototype emergency ventilator to help during the surge of respiratory care needed as a result of the coronavirus, the university announced.
The emergency ventilator is called the "Illinois RapidVent." It plugs into the oxygen source available in most hospital rooms or into a tank of oxygen, according to a statement on UIC's website.
William King, a professor at the Grainger College of Engineering and the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, is leading the project. “Our team is living the Apollo 13 movie," he said. "We have dropped everything else to work around the clock to help respond to the COVID-19 crisis.”