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Mercedes HPP, UCL breathing aid given approval for NHS use

Mercedes High-Performance Powertrains and the University College of London have worked together to develop CPAP machines which have been given approval to be used by the NHS. The Silver-Arrows and the six other Formula 1 teams based in the UK have been collaborating on ‘Project Pitlane' in order to find ways to help combat the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Engineers from both the UCL and Mercedes HPP have been collaborating at the UCL's engineering hub, MechSpace to reverse engineer a device which can be easily produced has now been given approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). According to the UCL use of a CPAP machine in Italy and China has...
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