Third Production Line of Respirators in Israel Within One Week

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Israel’s National Technological Center for Fight Against the Coronavirus, led by Israel MoD’s Directorate for Defense R&D (DDRD) and Elbit Systems has set up a serial production line to rapidly manufacture thousands of ventilators.  

Based on a unique technology that was developed by LifeCan Medical the production line will manufacture thousands of smart automatic ventilation machines. These machines will enable medical centers to provide initial stage respiration care to a larger number of patients that suffer from less severe respiration conditions, thereby addressing the acute shortage in ventilators.

Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Dr. Daniel Gold, Head of DDRD, IMOD: “The national goal is to reach a fully independent production capability supplying thousands of ventilators to the Israel’s health system. The decision to leverage the impressive capabilities of our Defense industry, that is capable of quality production, in record time, of anything whether it is unmanned aerial systems or ventilators, is paying off and will enable us to reach the goal set.”  

Teams from Elbit Systems Land Division and LifeCan Medical worked together to map all the aspects involved in turning the working prototype that was approved by the Israeli health authorities, into a production-ready device. The Company converted two manufacturing facilities into serial assembly production lines and has been tapping its global operation infrastructure to perform fast and quality acquisition of all the necessary parts. Production will be carried out in shifts, in two separate facilities in order to supply a large number of units in a short period of time and ensure production continuity.