美国目前生产多种型号的体表通气机(Body Ventilators,驱体通气机),主要的厂家是Life Care公司。所谓体表通气机不是直接通过呼吸道进行人工呼吸,而是在胸或腹表面使用间歇负压,或交替使用正压和负压,达到辅助呼吸的目的。这些通气机容易操作,便宜,特别适于慢性呼吸衰竭病人在家中使用。随着康复医学,家庭医学的兴起,体表通气机的使用越来越普遍。体表通气机有如下几种: 铁肺(iron lung),为钢壳负压桶;除头颈部外,将全身装入桶内,颈部用颈套密封。在桶内交替产生负压。有移动式及固定式两 The United States currently produces a variety of body ventilators (Body Ventilators, body ventilators), the main manufacturer is Life Care Company. The so-called body surface ventilator is not directly through the respiratory artificial respiration, but in the chest or abdomen surface using intermittent negative pressure, or alternating use of positive pressure and negative pressure, to achieve the purpose of assisting breathing. These ventilators are easy to operate, cheaper and are particularly suitable for use in patients with chronic respiratory failure at home. With the rise of rehabilitation medicine and family medicine, the use of body surface ventilators is becoming more and more common. Surface ventilators are the following: iron lung (iron lung), negative pressure barrel for steel; in addition to the head and neck, the whole body into the barrel, the neck sealed with a neck sleeve. Negative pressure is alternately generated in the barrel. There are two mobile and fixed