The first widely used device was the iron lung, developed by Philip Drinker and Louis Shaw in 1927, with the first clinical use being in 1928. Initially used for coal gas poisoning

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An iron lung is a mechanical medical device, sufficiently large to enclose most of an individual’s body, used to maintain respiration in persons who are unable to breathe on thei

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Aug 10, 2023 · During a polio outbreak in Australia, which literally couldn’t get standard iron lungs shipped fast enough, an engineer named Edward Both built a prototype “iro

Mar 24, 2024 · When he died recently at the age of 78, Paul had spent more than seven decades using his iron lung, longer than anyone else in history.

Nov 22, 2025 · The iron lung was a large metal cabinet respirator that used External Negative Pressure Ventilation to save thousands of polio victims whose chest muscles were para

Nov 18, 2025 · The iron lung, formally known as a negative pressure ventilator, is a large, horizontal machine that served as a life-support system for patients unable to breathe

Oct 25, 2021 · Martha Lillard needed a large respirator called an iron lung to recover from polio, which she caught in 1953. She still uses a form of the device at nights.

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