The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI), is a professional association for anaesthetists in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was founded by Dr Henry Featherstone in 1932, when GPs gave most anaesthetics in the UK and …
Earlier this year Exovent were awarded the Verena Winifred Holmes Award by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. This award is for ‘commitment to diversity, inclusiveness of engagement, and the development of technology specifically designed to benefit disadvantaged communities and people …
Few contemporary anaesthetists imagining negative pressure ventilation would picture a modern, lightweight, torso-only device, and fewer still would imagine it being described as “extremely pleasant” by a wide-awake subject who was able to eat, drink and talk freely during exhalation. …
2020 was an exceptional year for the Exovent team. It has been an unusual year for everyone with a global pandemic disrupting life, while putting enormous strain on the NHS. This backdrop created an environment and an imperative for innovation …
Exovent is delighted to announce the UK manufacturer, Portsmouth Aviation, will be developing the next iteration of the exovent negative pressure ventilator taking it through regulatory approval and subsequent manufacture. This follows an agreement reached with Marshall Aerospace …
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (MADG) has reached an agreement with UK manufacturer Portsmouth Aviation that will accelerate production of negative pressure ventilation assistance devices by sharing knowledge and prototypes it developed in partnership with the exovent consortium of …
I was born in Birmingham in 1947, the first year of the major UK polio epidemic, which continued in the UK until the late 1950s. “Lockdown” is not a new experience for me.
In the first half of the 20th …
