Britain builds portable artificial lungs to help patients with dyspnea
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British scientists are developing a portable lung that will allow people with breathing difficulties to lead a normal life. Their device supplies oxygen to the blood outside the body before the lungs and may be another option for lung transplantation.
The study, conducted by scientists at Swansea University in the UK, said that the case-sized device may take many years to go on the market, but some patients with lung problems are looking forward to the study. According to the British Lung Foundation, there are more than 40 diseases in the UK due to lung and tracheal diseases and respiratory abilities, including lung cancer, tuberculosis, asthma, chronic lung disease, cystic fibrosis, sleep apnea, avian flu, bronchioles. Inflammation and many other diseases.
According to a survey by the British Pulmonary Foundation, one in seven people in the UK suffer from lung disease, which is about 8 million. According to the British Transplant Service Center, as of March 31, 2008, the number of people waiting for a lung transplant was 287. Now, Swansea University scientists are developing a portable artificial lung that allows patients to lead a normal life. The researchers say that in the long run, the device offers an option for lung transplantation, giving hope to patients with emphysema and cystic fibrosis.
This device mimics the function of the lung by inhaling oxygen to exhale carbon dioxide from the blood. This is the idea that Professor Bill Jones conceived after his son died of cystic fibrosis. He said: "We are making things that will help people. It is very important that patients will not have to be restricted to sit in a wheelchair with oxygen cylinders. They can walk around and do something for themselves." Research has been optimistic about some frontline charities, but this portable lung still needs a long way to go. Chris Muhorland, head of the British Lung Foundation, said: "We must emphasize that it will take several years to implement this device, even in the experimental phase. Although we welcome this device, now, we It must be realistic, and it must be known that one-fifth of those who receive such help may be."
Elizabeth Spons, a patient from Swansea, has refused to undergo a double lung transplant, and she hopes that one day this new device will help herself. She said: "My body will reject the transplanted lungs, so this may be a solution, another way to get new lungs without transplant surgery."