The new type of coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, which has spread worldwide from Wuhan, China, where the quarantine was removed, has left many developed countries in a desperate situation, including the United States (the United States), which is described as the world’s superpower. COVID-19 significantly damages the lungs of the person it is infected due to having a respiratory disease. For this reason, especially intensive care patients need respiratory devices known as ventilators in public. Many automotive and technology companies in the USA, where more than 4 thousand deaths occurred in the last 24 hours alone, have devoted most of their production lines to the production of ventilators and other medical equipment. Game computer manufacturers are now participating in the fight against this deadly pandemic. Maingear, a boutique computer manufacturer based in New Jersey, developed a ventilator called LIV that uses an older version of the F131 PC case. Built on a platform that is already in use in Italy and Switzerland, the ventilator is designed to be easy to use with automatic operation, presetting and touchscreen. The American firm says that with LIV, oxygen can be given to patients in as little as 1.5 seconds. LIV costs a quarter of the price of traditional ventilators Maingear states that LIV costs a quarter of the price of traditional ventilators. Considering that a ventilator usually costs tens of thousands of dollars, we can say that the device developed by the PC manufacturer is not that cheap, but this savings in production can make a significant difference for hospitals struggling with high patient capacity. On the other hand, in order to be fully ready for use, LIV needs approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Saying that he is currently negotiating with state and city officials to distribute the ventilator in the US, Maingear hopes LIV will be available in different countries. You can browse the ventilator produced by Maingear in the video below
