TechTrans to Provide Logistics Services for NASA/JPL COVID-19 Ventilators Made by Stark Industries

Project will help ensure that our nation’s hospitals don’t run out of ventilator capacity should we see spikes in severe COVID-19 cases

TechTrans will help provide supply chain and logistics services for a new ventilator developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to address the specific needs of COVID-19 patients.

JPL recently selected eight U.S. manufacturers from applicants around the world to produce the ventilators, and TechTrans partner Stark Industries, LLC was one of the companies selected. The ventilator initiative will side-step the traditional medical supply chain in an effort to relieve the already-burdened healthcare market, and instead use common parts from other industries to assemble the units, which were designed by JPL.

TechTrans will support Stark Industries as the supply chain partner for the products, including transportation, white-glove delivery, set up and installation for each unit in medical centers across the United States and Canada.

“This project will help ensure that our nation’s hospitals don’t run out of ventilator capacity should we see spikes in severe COVID-19 cases in the future,” said Len Batcha, president of TechTrans. “Given our extensive background in comprehensive logistics and field services for complex medical equipment, we were proud to step into this role to support Stark Industries as their exclusive logistics partners.”

Called VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally), the high-pressure ventilator was designed to use one-seventh the parts of a traditional ventilator, relying on parts already available in supply chains. According to JPL, it offers a simpler, more affordable option for treating critical patients while freeing up traditional ventilators for those with the most severe COVID-19 symptoms. Plus, its flexible design means it also can be modified for use in field hospitals.

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