Paracorporeal Respiratory Assist Lung (PRAL)

• Wearable external device with a rotating fiber bundle
  
  
• Rotating fiber bundle provides efficient gas exchange and pumping ability
  
  
• Offers increased breathing support compared to respiratory catheter
  
  
• Requires relatively low blood flow rates: respiratory dialysis
  

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This material was originally published on the website of the Medical Devices Laboratory.