This has been called "extracorporeal membrane oxygenation" (ECMO). In the multipurpose use of the invention, with balloons deflated, merely a catheter delivering a modest adjustable flow of oxygenated blood added to spontaneous cardiac output, often needed for many days, might sometimes "turn the ...
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•In 1972 Hillet al.performed the first successful extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in San Francisco on a motorcycle accident victim. •Use of auto-transfusion devices developed during the Vietnam War. •The first reported successful use of ECMO in a case of neonatal respiratory fail...