Industry Insights

Royal Philips recently provided an update on its plans to double the production of its hospital ventilators by May 2020 and achieve a four-fold increase by the third quarter of 2020. This plan builds on Philips’ initial production increase in the first three months of...

In recent months, lives around the globe have been affected by COVID-19. In early March a coalition of midwest engineers assembled a team with individuals from UW Hospital, UW Makerspace, Delve, and Midwest Prototyping to design an open-source medical face shield...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) that has the potential to decontaminate approximately 4 million N95 or N95-equivalent respirators per day in the U.S. for reuse by health care workers in hospital settings. “Our...

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Department of Health signed a contract this week with ECRI, an independent nonprofit organization improving the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of care across all healthcare settings worldwide, to provide...

Royal Philips has announced that the U.S. Government and Philips agreed to team up to increase the production of hospital ventilators in its manufacturing sites in the U.S. Philips plans to double the production by May 2020 and achieve a four-fold increase by the...