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The FDA would take years to approve a new ventilator that was an old one with a new paint color. A new design like this would probably be approved for use in US
by gok 7y ago
The FDA would take years to approve a new ventilator that was an old one with a new paint color. A new design like this would probably be approved for use in US hospitals around 2025 if they're lucky.
Might be useful sooner in a country with a more functional administrative state.
- xkjkls 7y agoThere are many reasons for long testing on medical supplies. While there might be some laxing of them for a "hail mary pass" in the situation we are currently in, we shouldn't claim that equipment shouldn't have validation.