Amy Feldman, Forbes Staff

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How Old-School Manufacturers Learned To Make Ventilators — Virtually Overnight

The U.S. has a desperate need for ventilators to save patients who become critically ill with COVID-19. Across America, manufacturers are scrambling to fire up assembly lines to produce more than a hundred thousand of them–and to figure out what to do …

Xerox Will Mass Produce Disposable Ventilators In Partnership With Vortran To Fight Coronavirus

Xerox will mass-produce disposable ventilators in partnership with Vortran Medical Technology in the fight against coronavirus.

Ford Partnership With GE Healthcare Will Produce 50,000 Simplified Ventilators By July In Fight Against Coronavirus

Ford’s partnership with GE Healthcare has a second simplified ventilator in the works in the battle against coronavirus COVID-19, and it plans to produce 50,000 of them by July.

States Bidding Against Each Other Pushing Up Prices Of Ventilators Needed To Fight Coronavirus, NY Governor Cuomo Says

Prices for ventilators are rising as states in need of supplies bid up the prices, Governor Andrew Cuomo said in his daily news conference on Saturday.

Medical Device Entrepreneur Designs Emergency Ventilator, At $10,000 Price Point, To Battle Coronavirus

A medical-device entrepreneur has a slimmed-down design for a $10,000 ventilator that he hopes to mass produce to fight COVID-19, pending FDA approval.

Inside A Silicon Valley Unicorn’s Urgent Dash To 3D-Print Face Shields And Test Swabs To Battle COVID-19

California startup Carbon, which just got FDA approval for its test swab, is one of dozens of companies 3D-printing medical equipment needed to fight the coronavirus

Ford Will Work With 3M And GE To Make Respirators, Ventilators And N95 Masks

Ford announced today that it will be working with 3M and GE Healthcare to produce respirators, ventilators and N95 masks to address shortages in the treatment of coronavirus patients.

3M Ships More Than Half-Million N95 Masks To New York And Seattle As It Cranks Up Production

Manufacturing conglomerate 3M said that it had shipped more than half-a-million N95 masks to New York and Seattle, two of the places hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis, and is ready to send additional shipments across the country.

Meet The Italian Engineers 3D-Printing Respirator Parts For Free To Help Keep Coronavirus Patients Alive

Talking with the Italian engineers who 3D-printed respirator parts for hospitals with coronavirus patients for free.

In Search Of The Next Unicorns For The 2020 Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups List

Know a company that deserves to be on Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups list? Our nominations are now open.