Artificial Lung

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artificial lung.

See Drinker respirator.

Artificial Lung

Any device or intervention designed to replace the body’s own ('native') respiratory function. The latest device is the BioLung, from the University of Michigan; unlike its failed predecessors, the BioLung is driven by the patient’s own heart, allowing the patient to remain active at home instead of requiring sedation and connection to a machine in the hospital

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