pulmotor
(ˈpʌlməʊtə(r))
[f. pulmo- + L. mōtor that which moves.]
An apparatus for automatically forcing air or oxygen into and out of the lungs when breathing has ceased or is weak. Also attrib. and fig.
Formerly a proprietary name in the U.S.
| 1912 J. W. Paul Use & Care Mine-Rescue Breathing Apparatus (U.S. Bureau Mines: Miners' Circular No. 4) (rev. ed.) 25 The pulmotor is intended for use in the resuscitation of persons who have partly or wholly ceased to breathe as a result of inhaling irrespirable gases, of an electric shock, or of drowning. 1913 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 24 June 1052/1 Dragerwerk..Lubeck, Germany..Pulmotor... Mechanical respiratory apparatus and devices for administering oxygen. Claims use since February, 1909. 1928 Daily Express 31 Dec. 12/4, I grabbed up my bag and the pulmotor, and was over here in a jiffy. 1940 Economist 6 Apr. 618/2 The third view is almost..entirely mechanistic. It belongs in the pulmotor school of economics. 1951 W. Kees in Furioso Summer 35 Another fat woman In a dull green bathing suit Dives into the water and dies. The pulmotors glisten. 1974 S. Sheldon Other Side of Midnight vii. 180 She debated whether to stay in bed or call a pulmotor squad. |