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In respiratory care with liquids, the patient is connected to a liquid apparatus and a ventilator for supplying and removing a treatment liquid and a breathing gas respectively to/from the patient. The exchange of gases between the breathing gas and the treatment liquid is improved with a device whi

In respiratory care with liquids, the patient is connected to a liquid apparatus and a ventilator for supplying and removing a treatment liquid and a breathing gas respectively to/from the patient. The exchange of gases between the breathing gas and the treatment liquid is improved with a device which causes the breathing gas and/or the liquid to oscillate. The device may be a breathing gas generator which generates different frequencies to cause the breathing gas and treatment liquid to oscillate at appropriate frequencies. The device may be a vibrator unit which is applied to the chest to cause the treatment liquid to oscillate. The device may be a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field across the lungs and setting electrically conductive components in the treatment liquid in motion.

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[ I claim as my invention:] [1.] A therapeutic system for respiratory care of a subject, said system comprising:means for administering a treatment liquid to a lung of a subject for at least partially filing a lung of a subject, including a treatment liquid source and a tube adapted for insertion in

[ I claim as my invention:] [1.] A therapeutic system for respiratory care of a subject, said system comprising:means for administering a treatment liquid to a lung of a subject for at least partially filing a lung of a subject, including a treatment liquid source and a tube adapted for insertion in a subject via which said treatment liquid is administered;a ventilator connected to said tube for supplying a breathing gas to a portion of a lung of a subject not filled with said treatment liquid, and thereby producing a non-physiological interface between said breathing gas and said treatment liquid with gas exchange occurring at said non-physiological interface; andoscillator means for causing at least one of said breathing gas and said treatment liquid to oscillate for increasing gas exchange between said breathing gas and said treatment liquid at said non-physiological interface in said tube.