They're very fragile.” The ventilator that helped Checketts survive was a far cry from what she sees in neonatal units today. “We've gone from a mode of ventilation where you were breathing ...

In 1988 a heat moisture exchanger (HME) was introduced for neonatal use. We tested this in the laboratory for efficiency of heat and moisture retention at typical neonatal ventilator settings.

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—NeoVent, a low-cost neonatal ventilator designed by Western Michigan University students, has been chosen as the first-place winner in the 2015 BMEStart competition for undergraduate ...