There are many illnesses and injuries, including COVID-19, where the body struggles to get the amount of oxygen into the lungs necessary for survival.
, where the body struggles to get the amount of oxygen into the lungs necessary for survival.
In addition to traditional mechanical ventilation, there's another technique called Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation , where blood is carried outside the body so that oxygen can be added and carbon dioxide can be removed. "If successful, the described technology may help to avoid or decrease the incidence of ventilator-related lung injury from refractory hypoxemia," the researchers write in their newThe new technique works by channeling an oxygen-laden liquid through a series of nozzles that get smaller and smaller. By the time the process is finished, the bubbles are smaller than red blood cells – and that means they can be directly injected into the bloodstream without blocking blood vessels.
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