Breathe Technologies: Penetrating The Ventilator Market
Executive Summary
Breathe Technologies is bringing a bit of disruption to the staid ventilator market: NIOV, a portable ventilator, can help patients breathe easier both inside and outside the hospital. But perhaps because innovation in this field isn’t common, the company is meeting resistance from some payors, most notably the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which doesn’t see the device as a ventilator but rather another form of oxygen therapy.
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