In the short 10 days since March 19, although China has urgently provided more than 1700 invasive respirators to foreign countries, half of the total domestic supply since this year, there is still a huge gap in the face of the signed orders for 20000 respirators.

Basically, a novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak has basically emptied the stock in the Treasury, and the order is now scheduled to be manufactured, a company responsible for the ventilator manufacturer said.

Ventilator in short supply under epidemic situation

Novel coronavirus pneumonia is a kind of device that can replace, control or change normal physiological respiration, increase pulmonary ventilation, improve respiratory function and save heart reserve ability. It can be divided into two categories: noninvasive and invasive. Among them, invasive ventilator is an important medical device for severe patients with new crown pneumonia.

According to the data of Tianyan inspection and the State Drug Administration, 36 enterprises with ventilator registration certificate have been found in China, among which 24 enterprises have business scope including "import and export", accounting for nearly 70%. In this list, there are 21 invasive ventilator enterprises that can be used for severe treatment, 8 of which have obtained EU compulsory CE certification.

Although there are not many enterprises with export qualification, but also can not avoid th