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K. RAMBO Using a term fitting for his profession, hydrologist John Selker likened the start of the PEEP-Alert project to getting caught in a sneaker wave. The development of the PEEP-Alert has resulted in a small monitoring box that pairs with a respirator helmet to monitor positive end-expiratory pressure, or PEEP, and ensure the helmet adequately assists a patient's breathing while containing the COVID-19 virus in a hospital setting. It also resulted in making ventilatory assistance helmets a feasible alternative to traditional intubation ventilators, which are expensive and req...

OSU researcher on team that developed monitor for non-invasive ventilation device OSU PEEP-Alert System CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A team including an Oregon State University researcher has developed a medical monitoring device that could aid patients with COVID-19 and other respiratory ailments. Patients with severe COVID-19 are often treated with ventilators, devices that pump air into the lungs of patients unable to breathe adequately on their own. But ventilators, which involve placing a breathing tube in the patient’s airway, are expensive, invasive and open the possibility of infectio...