Physicians at Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health created a low-cost, 3D-printed connector device to help increase ventilator capacity amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Vesper Ventilator Expansion Splitter device is a Y-shaped connector that allows one ventilator to support two patients at once. The Vesper device has been field-tested and received emergency use authorization from the FDA.
Prisma Health has partnered with Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson Medical devices, to manufacture and distribute the device for free to healthcare providers nationwide during the pandemic.
To fill out a request form for the device, click here.
Editor's note: This article was updated April 9 at 7:03 a.m. CDT.