Automaker Retools With Health Supply Companies To Make Masks, Ventilators

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Ford executives say the company will expand production of a simplified version of GE Healthcare's existing ventilator design, and will work with UAW union members to make plastic face shields at a Ford factory in Michigan.

Ford has teamed up with 3M and GE Healthcare to speed up the production of personal protective gear for health care workers and ventilators for people in acute respiratory distress amid the coronavirus epidemic., vice president, Enterprise Product Line Management, Ford Motor Company, told reporters during a teleconference Tuesday morning announcing the new efforts.to expand production of a simplified version of GE's existing ventilator design.

Ventilators are used to get oxygen into the lungs of people who cannot breathe well enough on their own. There's concern that the U.S. could run short of ventilators if cases of coronavirus surge.

 

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Love it that Ford steps up. Sadly many who have never studied shop or tech think making parts is easy. Step aside and let trades women and men get this done.

Love it how Ford steps up. Sadly those who have never taken shop or tech classes think you can instantly make parts. Stand back and let tradesmen save lives.

Is Ford registered with FDA as a 21CFR 820 medical device manufacturer and does the device have 510(k) clearance as a class lll medical device?

Great job by Ford Motor Corp....

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