Chest compression apparatus

Details Chest compression apparatus Chest compression apparatus

1990-01-30

1991-10-15

Bahr, Robert

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 28, 128 24R, A61H 3102

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050565052

ABSTRACT:
Oscillatory chest compression apparatus to aid in loosening and eliminating mucus from the lungs of a cystic fibrosis patient. The apparatus includes a mechanism for applying pressurized air to a bladder covering the chest of a person and a mechanism for venting pressurized air from the bladder. In addition, the apparatus includes a mechanism for supplying the air to the bladder in a pattern of pulses having high rise times like square waves. The application of the pressurized pulses and the pulse rate is controllable by the patient.

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