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



