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A Wearable Breathing Device for COPD Patients
The iron lung machine, now a relic of the past, was once a lifeline for polio patients, enabling them to breathe. Now Dr. Jake Brenner, a pulmonary critical care physician at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine has taken the principle behind this mechanical respirator to design a wearable breathing device for…
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