As hospitals around the world face a surge of patients with breathing difficulties from COVID-19, the scarcity of ventilators has forced doctors to make life-or-death decisions.
The proposed model, which uses the adapted motor of a windscreen wiper, is already undergoing testing with the hopes of gaining formal approval from health authorities, Seat said in a statement. The team says it could manufacture some 1,000 units a day with the help of 6 other UK-based F1 teams which have committed to help build the devices.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a non-profit organization founded after the creation of the atomic bomb and which is known for its symbolic"Doomsday Clock," said in a recent article that car manufacturers are not best placed for assembling medical equipment.