Providing Ventilators for Patients in Need
A Not-For-Profit Saving Lives by Growing the US Ventilator Supply
It is estimated that there are 100K retired ventilators in the United States.
20% of these ventilators could be quickly returned to service.
Our Mission: Save Lives
Our mission is to save the lives of
COVID-19 patients by growing the supply of ventilators in the United States.
Our Opportunity: Reduce the Ventilator Gap
There are over 100K ventilators that have been removed from service in the United States. Our opportunity is to find, refurbish to manufacturer specifications and deliver those ventilators to the healthcare systems and patients that need them the most.
Our Passion: Experience That Matters
Co-Vents has assembled a team with deep expertise in the design, manufacturing and servicing of ventilators complimented by leading pulmonary physicians.
Paul Woodring
CEO and Co-Founder
Michael Raymer
President and Co-Founder
William (Chip) Furniss
Chief Operating Officer
Gary McAndrew
Director of Ventilator Sourcing
Richard Ellis
Director of Refurbishment
Acquisition and Service Reach
Our operations cover the entire United States, through a growing network of service locations, and supported by the Co-Vents Sourcing Managers.
Latest News
Our efforts are gaining attention. Check out the latest news around Co-Vents operations and impact on the COVID-19 crisis.
Co-Vents receives 501(c)3 designation from the IRS in 11 days, begins returning “retired” ventilators to service for COVID-19 patients.
- On April 14, Co-Vents received their 501(c)3 not-for-profit designation from the IRS just 11 days after forming the company.
- Co-Vents has acquired the first tranche of ventilators that are being refurbished for COVID-19 patients.
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Gary has spent his entire career in ventilator marketing and sales management. He has been involved in launching a diverse set of respiratory technologies on a regional and national basis. He has held roles at Puritan-Bennett Novametrix and Respironics. Gary is the ideal individual to lead our ventilator acquisition team.
Paul has deep experience in the design, development, marketing and sale of ventilators. His roles have spanned Vice President and General Manager at Puritan-Bennett, President and CEO of Inventive Technologies and President of the Respironics Hospital Division. His teams have developed the first microprocessor-controlled life support ventilator and the first GUI controlled ventilator. Paul’s career has uniquely prepared him to step in and help contribute to this difficult challenge for the US. He can be reached at paul@co-vents.org
William (Chip) is a world-class medical device executive and engineer. He was deeply involved in the development of the first microprocessor ventilator at Puritan-Bennett. He later held a Business Unit Manager at Puritan-Bennett, Senior Director of Clinical Research at Respironics and Vice President at Bausch + Lomb. Chip will play a critical leadership role for Co-Vent in leading the engineering aspects of the service center. He can be reached at chip@co-vents.org.
Richard has spent his entire career in ventilator manufacturing, distribution and service. His roles at Puritan-Bennett spanned QA Manager, Director of Product Distribution and Sr. Director of Service. He later held roles at Respironics and Phillips where he was responsible for service of both ventilators and monitors. His service organizations have spanned depot and field repair in addition to remanufacturing. Richard is uniquely qualified to manage the service center repair process for Co-Vents.
Michael has held global executive leadership positions in medical device, healthcare IT, consumer health and diagnostics companies. At Puritan-Bennett, he led the Clinical Information Systems business which transformed clinical documentation and management of ventilators at the point-of-care device. Michael later went on to global strategy positions for GE Healthcare and Microsoft. Michael’s contacts across health industry and government have helped establish Co-Vent as the platform for repurposing the 100K decommissioned ventilatorsin the US. He can be reached at michael@co-vents.org.