Read and watch the interview with Jason Bates, a lung expert at the UVM Larner College of Medicine about the “Vermontilator”.
The Vermontilator would never be used in situations where you have a commercial ventilator. We’re looking at the situation where there are patients dying without available ventilators for them and this would be their lifesaving measure
– Jason Bates
Jason Bates is a Meakins-Christie alumnus. He was a post-doctoral fellow under the supervision of Prof. Joseph Milic-Emili at the Meakins-Christie Laboratories from 1983-1986. Then he was a Meakins-Christie Laboratories research director between 1986-1999.
Read more here:
UVM researchers develop emergency ventilator dubbed ‘Vermontilator’. By Cat Viglienzoni on wcax.com. Apr 7, 2020.