How was it developed?
A Prisma Health Emergency Medicine physician realized the opportunity of using a single machine to breathe for multiple patients. She worked collaboratively with her husband, a software engineer, and with a Prisma Health pulmonary critical care physician to develop specifications for the device.
Physicians used Prisma Health’s Simulation Center to begin testing the VESper™ device with medical manikins, allowing for the simulation of multiple clinical scenarios. The device was able to deliver the appropriate breathing parameters without difficulty, creating an opportunity to pursue an application for emergency use authorization with the FDA in order to rapidly bring this life-saving device directly into clinical use.
Learn more about the Prisma Health representatives who are introducing VESper™.
Our partners
Drawing on the strength of existing academic partnerships, Prisma Health worked with engineers at University of South Carolina for 3D materials testing and printing of prototypes. Prisma Health collaborated with Ethicon Inc., part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, to manufacture and distribute the VESper™, as authorized under the FDA Emergency Use Only (EAU) until the EAU was rescinded on August 28, 2020.
Thank you
We are grateful for the Sargent Foundation of Greenville, SC, and their generous gift that helped make the VESper possible.