New U.S. company to deliver slimmed-down ventilators

Rising to the challenge of a coronavirus pandemic where the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States alone now tops 100,000, a California company is pulling out all all the stops to deliver a slimmed-down version of a ventilator that it says can meet the needs of about 90% of critical care patients.California-based medical device engineering firm Nectar Inc, launched a new company -- BreathDirect -- to make the new devices at a cost of $10,000 per unit with simpler settings tha