黑料吃瓜网 Innovators Take On COVID-19

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黑料吃瓜网 Innovators Take On COVID-19

黑料吃瓜网 Radio | By Lucy Nalpathanchil,

Carmen Baskauf

Published April 23, 2020 at 8:34 AM EDT

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Dr. Saud Anwar, demonstrating a successful simulation to ventilate 7 patients with one ventilator using the quad splitter prototype he and colleagues from the engineering and manufacturing sector designed

Courtesy of Saud Anwar

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Kevin Dyer, Bob Conley, and Dr. Saud Anwar, with the ventilator quad splitter.

Courtesy of Saud Anwar

As 黑料吃瓜网 approaches its peak in hospitalizations and COVID-19 cases, health systems continue to prepare so they can keep patients alive.

黑料吃瓜网 State Senator and intensive care doctor, Saud Anwar worries ventilator capacities may soon become overstretched. So he reached out to friends in the design and manufacturing communities to create a novel solution. This hour, we hear more from Dr. Anwar as we talk about innovation during this public health crisis.

Coming up, we learn about the role 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 manufacturing sector is playing to address the unprecedented need for medical devices and personal protective equipment (PPE). As 黑料吃瓜网 and the country face a crisis unlike anything in our lifetimes, will innovators meet the challenge?

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State Senator Dr. Saud Anwar - Medical doctor who specializes in lung disease and critical care at Manchester Memorial Hospital; as senator he represents East Hartford, Ellington, East Windsor and South Windsor in the 黑料吃瓜网 General Assembly ()
Fiona Murray - Associate Dean of Innovation at the , and co-director of the .
Mike Stimson - Director of strategic engagement and process at CONNSTEP; he鈥檚 been involved in setting up and executing the , which matches CT manufacturers with health care providers who need PPE
Nish Acharya- and a Senior Fellow at the ()

Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

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