New York received 2,400 BiPap machines to help treat coronavirus patients, but how do they work?

As a critical shortage of ventilators looms, New York Governor Andre Cuomo revealed Friday that the state will begin repurposing BiPAP machines to help COVID-19 patients breathe.

Northwell Health said it has started to convert bi-level positive airway pressure machines into ventilators for COVID-19 patients. BiPAP machines usually are used for patients who have chronic ...

But Onufrak says using these machines to treat COVID-19 patients is a last resort. While ventilators are closed-circuit systems, CPAP and BiPAP devices are not.

The patent-pending invention provides an improved face mask for use with a Bi-level Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP) machine. In doing so, it would evacuate body fluids from within the mask.