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NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/
A ventilator is a machine that helps patients to take breaths when he or she cannot do it on their own.
It is also known as a mechanical ventilator, breathing machine, and respirator. Ventilators can be set to take a certain number of breaths per minute. This machine does not cure any illness that caused breathing problems, however, it helps to survive until the patient gets better and lungs can work on their own. There are a variety of ventilators available in the market that can be used particularly in ICUs, emergency departments, anesthesia workstations, MRI rooms, operation theatres, aircraft, ambulances and homecare.
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Compliance Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling
Law360 (December 11, 2020, 5:21 PM EST) Covington & Burling LLP facilitated major deals to streamline the production of crucial COVID-19 supplies and equipment, including a collaboration allowing Ventec Life Systems to use General Motors manufacturing plants to produce about $489 million worth of ventilators, earning the firm a spot on Law360 s 2020 Compliance Groups of the Year.
In addition to guiding Ventec, Covington represented numerous pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in their pandemic response, including counseling Gilead Sciences in the emergency distribution of its antiviral drug remdesivir, under the brand name Veklury.
Jennifer Plitsch, co-chair of the firm s government contracts practice group, said a COVID-19 task force.