A new ventilator, made in Nova Scotia, could be ready to help patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. The manufacturing group led by a group of engineers, manufacturers, and doctors completed a ventilator prototype this past weekend and pending product testing and federal approval, the life-saving device could fill a need during the global health crisis. “We’ll be able to turn over hundreds of highly functional, world-class ventilator systems,” said Joe Meschefski, project lead with the Nova Scotia Ventilator Project.
It was just three weeks ago when the group formed and decided to build a ventilator in part because they heard the cry from health care providers.