Mark Cuban Buys Last Remaining Iron Lung Factory To Save Polio Survivors From Death By Red Tape
DALLAS, TX — Mark Cuban has acquired the world’s last remaining iron lung manufacturing facility, securing the life-saving machines for polio survivors facing a shutdown due to expired FDA paperwork. The move prevents the imminent closure of the only plant still producing the devices.
Cuban’s team immediately purchased the factory’s inventory and struck a new distribution deal at zero markup, bypassing a bureaucratic logjam that had paralyzed supply. Without this intervention, dozens of elderly patients relying on the machines for respiratory support would have lost access within weeks.
The acquisition turns a regulatory crisis into a supply chain guarantee, with Cuban absorbing compliance costs to keep the production line running indefinitely. The deal redefines corporate responsibility as a direct intervention against systemic failure.