Name/TitleEquipment: The Bennett Model BA-4 "Anaesthesia Ventilator"

About this objectPortable ventilator with a cream top, dials and bellows on a base with 4 wheels.

This machine was designed primarily for closed system anaesthetic use. It is driven by compressed gas, can be either volume or pressure cycled and may operate as a fully automatic or patient triggered ventilator with or without a negative pressure phase. The exhibit was one of three machines purchased by TQEH Department of Anaesthesia in 1967.

Made by Bennett Respiration Products and designed by the company's founder V. Ray Bennett.

Date MadeCa 1967

Place MadeUnited States of America

Medium and MaterialsMetal, rubber, perspex, electrical components

MeasurementsL 115cm x W 42cm x D 42cm

CollectionThe Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Object TypeEquipment

Object numberAR#9002