Ventilators made in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which last week won regulatory approval for use in the NHS, have arrived at the Nightingale Hospital in London.
The production of the Penlon-designed medical devices is being scaled up by industry consortium, Ventilator Challenge UK, led by Dick Elsy, CEO of High Value Manufacturing Catapult.
The design, called the the ESO2 system, is based on existing technologies and can be assembled from materials and parts in current production.
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Sites across the country including AMRC Cymru in Broughton are aiding component manufacturing and assembly of ventilator designs from Penlon as well as Smiths Medical.
A spokesperson for Ventilator Challenge UK said: "Thank you to everyone up and down the country who has been working to make this a reality. Every ventilator made is a life potentially saved."
Shortly after winning regulatory approval on the morning of Thursday 16th April, the first shipment of Penlon devices were sent for use in the NHS that afternoon.
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Following the device’s approval, the government confirmed an order for 15,000 Penlon devices. Hundreds of units are being built this week, with manufacture expected to be scaled up in the coming weeks.