When it relaxes, it returns to its default dome-like shape, pushing air back out. In a conventional external ventilator, air is forced into the lungs via a mask or tracheostomy (a hole in the neck, ...

The coronavirus is straining the global health care system, with one piece of lifesaving medical equipment in particularly scarce supply: mechanical ventilators. A ventilator helps patients who cannot ...

Breakthrough research addresses a long-standing question in pulmonary medicine about whether modern ventilators overstretch lung tissue. They do. These cutting-edge findings by UC Riverside ...