A University of Pittsburgh researcher has developed a device that functions like a temporary set of lungs. He says his creation could help 750,000 patients with emphysema, chest trauma or acute respiratory distress. Dr. Brack Hattler, a professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, says laboratory and animal studies suggest the device could do an adequate job of exchanging carbon dioxide and oxygen in patients with compromised lungs, allowing the lungs to rest and heal. The device, called the Hattler Respiratory Catheter, is inserted through a vein in the leg and positioned into the vena cava, the major vein returning blood to the heart. It consists of hollow fiber membranes that introduce oxygen into and remove carbon dioxide from the body.
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