American and Korean Medical Device Manufacturers Collaborate on Ventilator Production
IRVINE, CA — BIOLASE Inc. announced that it expects to partner with MEKICS Co. Ltd, an intensive care unit (ICU) equipment manufacturer, to supply ICU-grade portable ventilator through BIOLASE's FDA-registered manufacturing facility in California. The MEKICS's MTV-1000 ventilator received FDA authorization for emergency use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“In this time of global crisis, it is vital that companies come together to support the fight against COVID-19, leveraging every tool available, and that's exactly what we intend to do,” says Todd Norbe, CEO of BIOLASE. “Without hesitation, we expect to pivot quickly and leverage our FDA-registered facility for the manufacturing and delivery of the MTV-1000 ventilator and have already received over $10 million in orders. We expect to continue to focus our efforts to quickly ramp up production, with the expectation to double the number of orders over the next few weeks.”