The Montreal General Hospital Foundation and RI-MUHC launch a global innovation challenge

March 19, 2020

Source: Montreal General Hospital Foundation. Interested in designing a low-cost, simple ventilator that can serve COVID patients, in an emergency timeframe?

The Montreal General Hospital Foundation, in collaboration with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), is launching a global innovation challenge, backed by a $200,000 CAD prize, calling for teams to design a simple, low-cost, easy-to-manufacture and easy-to-maintain ventilator which could be deployed anywhere needed to save lives. The Code Life Ventilator Challenge is a two-week sprint to collect the best ideas from anywhere in the world.

The deadline to submit the project is March 31, 2020.

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