SFU professor's invention approved by FDA to help wean COVID-19 patients from ventilators

(Simon Fraser University) Simon Fraser University professor Andy Hoffer hopes the SFU spinoff company he founded, Lungpacer Medical Inc., will help save the lives of COVID-19 patients using mechanical ventilators -- and get them off more quickly, so that more ventilators can be available for all critically ill patients.The company has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) clearance by the US Food and Drug Administration, paving the way for immediate use of its Diaphragmatic Pacing Therapy S...