2024-11-21T18:59:36-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150191162/dyson-designs-new-ventilator-for-covid-19-patients Sean Joyner 2020-03-27T11:19:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/49/49cc25d256017d95cff9238cec1a602f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Dyson, the U.K. company known for its vacuums and air purifiers have designed a built a new ventilator in 10 days in collaboration with The Technology Partnership (TTP), <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90481936/dyson-is-building-15000-ventilators-to-fight-covid-19" target="_blank">reports&nbsp;<em>Fast Company</em></a><u><em></em></u><em>.&nbsp;</em>The new machine has been dubbed&nbsp;"CoVent." It is a portable bed-mounted ventilator that can also run on battery power.</p> <p>"Since I received a call from Boris Johnson ten days ago, we have refocused resources at Dyson, and worked with TTP, The Technology Partnership, to design and build an entirely new ventilator, The CoVent," said James Dyson in an internal company email retrieved by&nbsp;<em>Fast Company</em>. "I am proud of what Dyson engineers and our partners at TTP have achieved. I am eager to see this new device in production and in hospitals as soon as possible."</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/17/179e3f4c0f9dd1d0895e857b9cc41ae5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/17/179e3f4c0f9dd1d0895e857b9cc41ae5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>&copy; Dyson</figcaption></figure></figure><p>Dyson will produce 10,000 ventilators for the U.K. and will donate an additional 5,000, one thousand of which will go to the U.K. with the remaining distributed to other countries.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Elon Musk said Wednesday that Tesla's factory i...</p>