artificial lung

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To address this, the medical team developed an artificial lung system designed to temporarily take over the lungs' role.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

An artificial lung, a last resort for patients with lungs ravaged by the disease, was keeping a 53-year-old man alive.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2021

It extracts blood from the body and circulates it through an artificial lung that removes carbon dioxide and adds oxygen before returning the blood to the body.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2021

Four of eight regional governors who took part in a video conference with President Vladimir Putin on April 17 told him they did not have enough artificial lung ventilators.

From Reuters • May 4, 2020

A pulmotor," replied the doctor, working quickly and carefully, "an artificial lung.

From Constance Dunlap by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)