COCOA BEACH, Fla. — A Cocoa Beach medical device company is teaming up with the Mayo Clinic to help people suffering from long COVID-19.
The research centers on a basic breathing device that’s been effective since the 1980s in treating other respiratory, cardiac and neuromuscular impairments.
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Researchers now hope to add “long COVID” to that list.
PN Medical and Mayo Clinic will measure how this basic, non-drug device, already used for decades to strengthen respiratory muscles for other conditions, may reduce long COVID-19 breathing issues.
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CEO Mark Carbone, a two-time COVID-19 survivor himself, is shifting his company’s entire research into long COVID-19 recovery and helping people return to normal lives.
“To be part of the solution really matters to us, that we’re not on the sidelines, we’re taking a bold step forward to try to cause positive change,” Carbone said.
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Click here for information on how to apply to the Mayo Clinic/PN Medical study.
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