In just over amonth, Europe became the epicenter of the epidemic. According to reports,because of the acute shortage of ventilator, some hospitals even had to unplugthe ventilator of the elderly to give young people the chance to survive.

The ventilator canassist or replace respiratory function and oxygenate the blood of importantorgans. For some critically ill patients with COVID-19, mechanically assistedventilation is a treatment that determines whether they can recover or die.

Data from the WorldHealth Organization show that in China, where the first outbreak of the newcoronavirus occurred, there were the most confirmed cases, of which 6.1% becamecritical cases, and 5% needed ventilation in the intensive care unit.

The impact of thecurrent European epidemic is expanding. To address the shortage of medicalsupplies, the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany,Italy and other countries have recently started negotiations with severalautomobile companies and aerospace manufacturing companies, calling on majorcompanies to switch production, including ventilator equipment Medicalequipment inside.

It is not easy forauto companies to switch to ventilators. Unlike masks and thermometers, whichcan rapidly increase production, the threshold for ventilator production ishigher. In an urgent situation, non-professional companies are bound to facemany challenges in order to produce safe and reliable ventilator equipment.