WCPO: UC helps Ohio company win FDA approval for ventilators
May 1, 2020
UC Health and UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science helps Cincinnati company Venti-Now win federal regulatory approval to sell new low-cost ventilators.
Biomedical engineering student defines success as 'rising together'
July 1, 2020
Biomedical engineering student FearGod "F.G." Okwubido-Williams followed a nontraditional path to the University of Cincinnati. Determined to go to a top medical school in the United States, he moved from his home in Nigeria to Indiana to attend a community college. After he earned an associate's degree in science, he came to UC for his undergraduate degree, where he has thrived and taken on leadership roles in various student organizations because he wanted to make a positive impact on others.
UC engineering students help Venti-Now develop low-cost ventilators
July 8, 2020
Two University of Cincinnati biomedical engineering students, Jacquelyn Chapman and Johnathan Wisecarver, are making a tangible impact working with Venti-Now, a nonprofit, start-up company launched in Cincinnati in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to develop a new low-cost ventilators that could be used in impoverished areas. Their professor, Peter Campbell, lends his expertise as medical team leader. UC Health and UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science helped provide Venti-Now with medical testing and consultation.
WVXU: Cincinnati-designed ventilators on their way to Brazil and beyond
July 13, 2020
WVXU reports on Venti-Now, a Cincinnati-based nonprofit that was launched in response to the pandemic by two former P&G scientists. UC Health and University of Cincinnati collaborated with Venti-Now as they set out to make an affordable and simple ventilator for countries in need.