Prisma Health, Ethicon to Build Ventilator Split Device for Emergency Use
April 06 2020 - 12:22PM
Dow Jones News
By Stephen Nakrosis
Prisma Health said Monday it would work with Ethicon Inc., part
of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, to make and
distribute the VESper Ventilator Expansion Splitter.
Ethicon said system is authorized for emergency use during the
Covid-19 pandemic and allows a single ventilator to be used for two
rescuable patients. The system would be used until individual
ventilators are available, Prisma said.
"Due to the predicted dire ventilator shortage, Prisma Health
received an Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration for the device in response to the urgency for more
ventilators as a result of the pandemic," the company said.
Ethicon will use 3D printing technology to manufacture the
devices and distribute them at no cost to healthcare providers in
the U.S. "The initial distribution of the device will be limited to
the United States as Prisma Health and Ethicon are developing
strategies to navigate various regulatory pathways and fulfill
orders world-wide," Prisma said.
--Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 06, 2020 12:07 ET (16:07 GMT)
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