"This ventilator is one of countless examples of how taxpayer investments in space exploration - the skills, expertise and knowledge collected over decades of pushing boundaries and achieving firsts for humanity - translate into advancements that improve life on Earth."
Jim Bridenstine - NASA Administrator
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Mount Sinai Gives VITAL a Thumbs-Up
After testing a ventilator prototype developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, doctors in the Department of Anesthesiology and the Human Simulation Lab at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City give a thumbs up.
Image credit: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City and NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Image credit: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City and NASA/JPL-Caltech
Building NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
Engineers more accustomed to building spacecraft than medical devices worked on a prototype ventilator for coronavirus patients. VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally) is designed to be faster to build and easier to maintain than traditional ventilators, with a fraction of the parts. The VITAL team at JPL created their prototype in 37 days.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Shipping NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California prepare to ship a prototype ventilator for coronavirus patients to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.
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Building NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
Engineers more accustomed to building spacecraft than medical devices worked on a prototype ventilator for coronavirus patients. VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally) is designed to be faster to build and easier to maintain than traditional ventilators, with a fraction of the parts. The VITAL team at JPL created their prototype in 37 days.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Building NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
Engineers more accustomed to building spacecraft than medical devices worked on a prototype ventilator for coronavirus patients. VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally) is designed to be faster to build and easier to maintain than traditional ventilators, with a fraction of the parts. The VITAL team at JPL created their prototype in 37 days.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Building NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
Engineers more accustomed to building spacecraft than medical devices worked on a prototype ventilator for coronavirus patients. VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally) is designed to be faster to build and easier to maintain than traditional ventilators, with a fraction of the parts. The VITAL team at JPL created their prototype in 37 days.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
This image shows the ventilator prototype for coronavirus patients designed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally) is designed to be faster to build and easier to maintain than traditional ventilators, with a fraction of the parts.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
This image shows the ventilator prototype for coronavirus patients designed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally) is designed to be faster to build and easier to maintain than traditional ventilators, with a fraction of the parts.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
This image shows the ventilator prototype for coronavirus patients designed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally) is designed to be faster to build and easier to maintain than traditional ventilators, with a fraction of the parts.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
This image shows the ventilator prototype for coronavirus patients designed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally) is designed to be faster to build and easier to maintain than traditional ventilators, with a fraction of the parts.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
This image shows the ventilator prototype for coronavirus patients designed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally) is designed to be faster to build and easier to maintain than traditional ventilators, with a fraction of the parts.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA-JPL Ventilator Prototype Team Members
Some of the dozens of engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who were involved in creating a ventilator prototype specially targeted to coronavirus disease patients. Called VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally), the prototype was created in 37 days in March and April 2020.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Disclaimer
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