Resuscitators

A variety of resuscitation equipment from 1907 through the 1970s is included in this collection.

The Dräger Pulmotor was developed in 1907 by Johann Heinrich Dräger. The device, operated by pressurized oxygen, created alternating positive and negative pressure. This early ventilator was initially used as a portable resuscitator in the mining industry.

A drawing of the Dräger Pulmotor in use is shown.

Dräger produced their first resuscitator, the Pulmotor, in 1907. The Pulmotor remained in use until the 1940s.

The Lung Motor, a resuscitator manufactured in Chicago, Illinois by Life Saving Devices Company circa 1910, is from the medical equipment museum of Felix Khusid.
The volume delivered was controlled by the extent to which the handle of the unit was raised and lowered.

Johann Heinrich Draeger filed a patent application on September 7, 1910 and received the patent from the United States Patent Office on November 12, 1912 for his invention: Method of Causing Artificial Respiration.

In 1913, S.H. Cooper authored an article entitled "Restoring the Breath of Life" that promoted the widespread use of the modified pulmotor resuscitator.

This vintage photo shows the Dräger Pulmotor being demonstrated to a work crew.

Clarence Heald of Cedar Rapids, Iowa applied for a patent for an "Artificial Respirator" on May 8, 1918. The patent was granted on April 20, 1920.

In the 1920s, carbon dioxide and oxygen mixtures were often administered during resuscitation efforts.

In 1924, Dr. Yandell Henderson and Dr. Howard W. Haggard invented the H-H Inhalator, a resuscitation device that delivered carbogen "in conjunction with artificial respiration." The device was manufactured by Mine Safety Appliances , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

This segment of an H-H Inhalator from the 1920s is owned by Wendy Dunlop.

Dr. Edward Schaefer introduced the prone pressure method of artificial respiration. The method was recommended for use with the H-H Inhalator.

A McKesson resuscitator from the 1940s is shown.

Joseph Kreiselman filed a patent application on April 10, 1943 for his resuscitator. The patent was awarded on April 7, 1946.

The Kreiselman Resuscitator was designed by Dr. Joseph Kreiselman for use during WWII. Ohio Corporation marketed the resuscitator from the 1940s-1960s.

The Kreiselman Resuscitator was designed by Dr. Joseph Kreiselman for use during WWII. Ohio Corporation marketed the resuscitator from the 1940s-1960s.

The accordion-like Kreiselman Resuscitator, manufactured by the Ohio Chemical and Surgical Equipment Company in Madison, Wisconsin., is shown expanded in this view.

The identification plate for the Ohio Kreiselman Resuscitator is shown.

The Ohio-Kreiselman Infant Bassinet Resuscitator combined a bassinet that provided oxygen under positive pressure with an aspirator and a heater.

J.H. "Jack" Emerson filed a patent application on February 17, 1945 for a "Pressure Resuscitator." The patent was awarded on October 7, 1947

The Emerson Resuscitator, patented in 1949, offered the dual function of resuscitator and aspirator.

Keith Hirst photographed this Emerson Resuscitator during a visit to the Boothbay Railway Village, Boothbay, Maine.<

"Inhalation Therapy and Resuscitation" by Meyer Saklad, MD was published in 1953.

V. Ray Bennett applied for a patent for his infant resuscitator on March 7, 1955. The patent was awarded in June 26, 1956.

The GBL Infant Resuscitator is named for three pioneers who conducted research on neonatal resuscitation following WWII: Goddard, Bennett, and Lovelace.

With supplemental oxygen at 6L/min attached to the GBL, , the Infant Hand Resuscitator (IHR-5) could deliver an approximate FIO2 of 0.40. At 15 L/min, the GBL could deliver an approximate FIO2 of 0.75.

The AMBU was developed in 1956.

This ad from a 1959 issue of the INHALATION THERAPY journal featured NCG's Handy OB Resuscitator.

The Monaghan Model 63 Hand Resuscitator is shown.

This ad for the Venti-Breather oral resuscitator appeared in a 1960 issue of the INHALATION THERAPY journal.

Henning Ruben filed a patent application on September 12, 1957 for his "Apparatus for Artificial Respiration." The patent was granted on November 21, 1961.

This 1962 ad featured the Porton Resuscitator.

This Porton Resuscitator from 1962 is from the collection of Felix Khusid.

The Porton Resuscitator was developed by the British War Office Experimental Research Establishment. It was distributed in the USA by Greiner Scientific Corporation.

Item #7 of the Porton Resuscitator instructions recommended "to continue resuscitation until the patient breathes normally or for at least 2 hours."

The Ohio Hope Resuscitator is featured in this October 1965 ad from the INHALATION THERAPY journal.

An Ohio Hope pediatric resuscitation bag is shown with a newborn sized mask.

This ad for the Melco Infant Resuscitator appeared in the August 1967 issue of the INHALATION THERAPY journal.

This ad for the Laerdal "Resuci Folding Bag for Resuscitation" appeared in the August 1968 issue of INHALATION THERAPY.

This image of the Puritan Manual Resuscitator (PMR) appeared in an ad in the May-June 1973 issue of the RESPIRATORY CARE journal.

An AMBU bag and mask from the 1970s is shown.

A Baby AMBU and storage case are shown.

An oxygen reservoir is shown attached to a PMR (Puritan Manual Resuscitator) bag.

A Puritan Manual Resuscitator-2 (with an auxiliary PEEP valve) from the mid-1970s is shown.

A HOPE 2 resuscitator with oxygen reservoir, circa 1970s, is shown.

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