Italian startup turns snorkelling masks into ventilators for coronavirus patients

Subscribe to our channel! An Italian startup in Brescia has constructed hospital ventilator masks for COVID-19 patients by converting full-face snorkelling masks, as footage filmed on Wednesday shows. The startup Isinnova, led by Cristian Fracassi, found an alternative way to fix the country’s shortage of ventilator valves amid the current coronavirus outbreak, by adapting Decathlon Subea snorkelling masks for use with a ventilator system. The valve was devised following the initiative