NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
April 23, 2020
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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.