Fitbit to build ventilators for COVID-19 patients

To treat Coronavirus, Fitbit to design an emergency ventilator. James Park, CEO Fitbit said that the ventilators will be used to help treat COVID-19 patients and help bolster the supply of medical devices.

San Francisco:Global wearable brand Fitbit has announced that it will be shifting supply chain resources to make emergency ventilators designed to treat Coronavirus patients.

• In a conversation with CNBC, James Park, CEO Fitbit, said that the ventilators will be used to help treat COVID-19 patients and help bolster supply of medical devices.
  
• Park said the company will be submitting its technology to the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) in coming days.

Fitbit to build ventilators for COVID-19 patients

According to him, a team has started working on the ventilators after consulting physicans from Massachusetts General Brigham and Oregon Health And Science University (OHSU), among other places.

"There was a lot of concern about the shortage of ventilators and we realized we had expertise already around the supply chain," Park said to CNBC.

• Park aims for the ventilators to be the most advanced emergency user ventilator that's still available at a lower price point.
  
• Presently, many organisations have contributed manufacturing resources to make ventilators like GM, Ford, Tesla and more.
  

(Inputs from IANS)