A System for Adaptive Volume Ventilation
Description
Mechanical ventilation plays a key role in current medical practices. Its use in intensive care units, emergency departments and operating rooms has advanced the ability of medical professionals to treat compromises to the respiratory system. The first use of a mechanical means to ventilate humans began in the 16th century, but did not gain popularity among the medical community. In the 1920s Philip Drinker developed an artificial ventilation apparatus using the concept of negative pressure to mimic the normal physiology of breathing. This device came to be known as the iron lung and was used extensively in the 1950s to treat respiratory failure during the polio epidemic [1]. Ventilators using positive pressure have since replaced the iron lung and are able to operate in several different modes depending on the application and needs of the patient.
A System for Adaptive Volume Ventilation
Salt Lake Community College
Mechanical ventilation plays a key role in current medical practices. Its use in intensive care units, emergency departments and operating rooms has advanced the ability of medical professionals to treat compromises to the respiratory system. The first use of a mechanical means to ventilate humans began in the 16th century, but did not gain popularity among the medical community. In the 1920s Philip Drinker developed an artificial ventilation apparatus using the concept of negative pressure to mimic the normal physiology of breathing. This device came to be known as the iron lung and was used extensively in the 1950s to treat respiratory failure during the polio epidemic [1]. Ventilators using positive pressure have since replaced the iron lung and are able to operate in several different modes depending on the application and needs of the patient.