Potential to reduce ventilation duration and increase the availability of ventilators
CRESTWOOD, KY, 4th May 2020 – Liberate Medical today announced that it has received Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Emergency Use Authorization for its VentFree™ Respiratory Muscle Stimulator, intended to be used to reduce disuse atrophy of the abdominal wall muscles, which may reduce the number of days adult patients require mechanical ventilation, including those patients with COVID-19.
Reducing the time patients spend on mechanical ventilation may reduce the risks of prolonged mechanical ventilation, which include hospital acquired infections, deteriorated quality of life and death. Fewer days on ventilation may also increase the availability of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two pilot randomized controlled trials, recently completed in Europe and Australia, indicated that…