British manufacturer Aesthetic Technology has become the first independent UK company to launch a fully-compliant ventilator in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the award-winning company, which manufactures Dermalux LED, the C-19 Ventilator is based on an existing fully-approved design, for which Aesthetic Technology has been granted a worldwide permissive licence from Medtronic to manufacture for the duration of the pandemic.
The company notes that it is compact, lightweight and portable, providing airway support for both children and adults. Due to its regulatory compliance, the Aesthetic Technology C-19 Ventilator will be available for delivery in countries throughout the world, not just the UK.
Huw Anthony, CEO of Aesthetic Technology, said, “In these unprecedented times, as a fully certified manufacturer of medical equipment, we are pleased to be able to play our part and contribute to the COVID-19 cause, not just here in the UK but on a worldwide basis too. Fortunately, we have a very gifted team led by our managing director, Dale Needham, who rose to the challenge. I am very proud of what Dale and his team have achieved and hope that their efforts can play some part in the worldwide fight against this extraordinary pandemic.”
The company explains that the team completed the project in record time, utilising a mixture of its existing supply chain and also new specialist component manufacturers, all of which played their part.
Needham said, “As a registered medical device manufacturer we felt that it was our duty to look at the feasibility of creating and manufacturing a fully compliant ventilator. It has been a very busy month, but I am delighted that we have succeeded in our goal as we now enter the manufacturing stage. Our C-19 Ventilator will be manufactured at our Warrington factory on a brand-new production line set up specifically for this project.”
He added, “Whilst we had the advantage of starting with an existing design we still encountered a number of challenges throughout the process, and there was a lot of work in re-engineering a number of components. I am pleased to say that we have some fantastic technical talent at our disposal, which has proved invaluable to us in achieving our goal.”
