Title 21

SECTION 868.5935

868.5935 External negative pressure ventilator.

§ 868.5935 External negative pressure ventilator.

(a) Identification. An external negative pressure ventilator (e.g., iron lung, cuirass) is a device chamber that is intended to support a patient's ventilation by alternately applying and releasing external negative pressure over the diaphragm and upper trunk of the patient.

(b) Classification. Class II (performance standards).

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