Artificial Lung Edwin Sam

Robert Bartlett, MD Surgeon at University of Michigan Medical Center Developed of ECMO Treated first infant in research grants including $5 Million from Michigan Critical Care Consultants (MCCC)

What is it? A.K.A Bio-Lung Interval between lung transplant Improvement from ECMO

BY THE NUMBERS Over 130 million Americans have lung disease Last year, 1054 people received lung transplants 150,000 Americans experience lung failure every year 1/3 of those patients die waiting for a lung donor

Then and Now

What They Do ECMO Pumps blood and exchange of oxygen outside the body Not a long term device Takes over functions of lungs and heart Outside of the body Mainly immobile BIO-LUNG Blood never leaves the body Oxygen exchange in plastic fibers for gas molecules Own heart pumps blood through device Implanted into body

Lung Fibers on artificial lung filter oxygen Sends blood back to the heart Then pumped to the rest of the body Size of a soda can Implanted into chest Lasts about 5 years

Work Cited URI BME 281 BME Seminar II. Wikipedia: Biomedical Engineering WebMD: Artificial lung University of Michigan Health System