Liberate Medical, a company based outside of Louisville, Kentucky, won FDA Emergency Use Authorization for its VentFree Respiratory Muscle Stimulator that aims to reduce how long patients stay on ventilators. It works to keep the abdominal muscles from atrophying by delivering electric stimulation to the relevant muscles in tune with mechanical ventilation. The device delivers stimulation in a non-invasive fashion and the therapy can be initiated immediately at the start of ventilation and continue until patients are weaned off ventilation.…
