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NASA Jet Propulsion Lab In Pasadena Creates Prototype Ventilator To Treat Coronavirus Patients

PASADENA (CBSLA) — With every state scrambling for ventilators, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena announced Thursday that it has invented a prototype ventilator that can easily be mass produced.

The ventilator, that took 37 days to create, has already passed a key test at Mount Sinai in New York and is expected to get emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration Friday.

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The ventilator was designed specifically to treat patients suffering from COVID-19 and only has 80 parts, a fraction of what normal ventilators use, and should cost a tenth of what hospitals currently pay.

The associate director of the JPL said it was inspiring to see engineers use their rocket science skills to save lives.

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