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

Boy Kavalier forces Hermit to become his employee in exchange for remaining with his sister, and so he can work off the cost of an artificial lung Prodigy put inside him to save his life.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2025

Using a tube that is inserted into the patient’s neck and heart, the machine pumps blood from the body into an artificial lung.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2022

The brother recovered after 12 days, but her father, a retired scientist in his 80s, went from a ventilator to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, an artificial lung of sorts.

From Science Magazine • May 5, 2020

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

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