Professors Mervyn Singer and Becky Shipley explain how they got a mechanical breathing support machine from idea to reality in a month, and helped protect the NHS during the first COVID surge.

GUESTS

Mervyn Singer, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, UCL
Becky Shipley, Professor of Health Care Engineering, UCL
Dr Neil McGuire, former Director of Medical Devices, MHRA
Hiten “Rup” Ruparelia, COVID hospital patient who used UCL-Ventura CPAP

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