Ventilator splitter: to do or not to do

Kiran
1 min readMar 27, 2020

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I first came across a ventilator splitter concept here . At this time, this seemed like something that can help. The first look in twitter seemed favorable

As I started looking at this, some people seemed to think this was the worst idea and, another group of doctors came up with this joint statement.

This concept is already in use in a hospital in New York.

If you thought this was confusing here is something to add to that, the FDA has approved such a device

Does this mean this device is useful in some situations? It seems like there are more questions on this than answers.

3d print of a splitter

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