By Michael Dabaie 



  Medtronic PLC and Foxconn Industrial Internet said that Foxconn has completed Medtronic's regulatory and quality requirements to begin manufacturing Medtronic Puritan Bennett 560 ventilators in the U.S. 


  Foxconn Industrial Internet is a business group within Foxconn Technology Group. Medtronic and Foxconn are ramping up plans to produce 10,000 PB560 ventilators over the next year at Foxconn's Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park in Mount Pleasant, Wis. The ventilators will be marketed and sold by Medtronic. 


  The two companies connected after Medtronic publicly shared the design specifications for the PB560 through the Medtronic ventilator open-source initiative, which launched earlier this year. 


  To respond to global demand, if needed, Medtronic and Foxconn can increase their production capability to more than double the current Foxconn ventilator commitment, the companies said. 


  Write to Michael Dabaie at michael.dabaie@wsj.com