A machine which puts oxygen into the blood, used as an artificial lung in surgery.
A machine that oxygenates blood outside the body. It is used together with pumps to maintain the patient’s circulation while he is undergoing open heart surgery or to improve the circulation of a patient with heart or lung disorders that lower the amount of blood oxygen.
A device for mechanically oxygenating anything, but especially blood, e.g., during thoracic surgery or open-heart surgery.