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A system for assisted breathing has a ventilator delivers a breathing gas to a living creature in order to facilitate, support and/or control the breathing of the living creature. The respiratory musculature is weakened during treatment with a ventilator, long-term treatment in particular, and this

A system for assisted breathing has a ventilator delivers a breathing gas to a living creature in order to facilitate, support and/or control the breathing of the living creature. The respiratory musculature is weakened during treatment with a ventilator, long-term treatment in particular, and this results in longer treatment times, especially weaning times. Accordingly, a stimulation apparatus, devised for connection to the living creature, is incorporated into the system for assisted breathing in order to stimulate the respiratory nervous system and/or respiratory musculature of the living creature. Weakening of the respiratory musculature can be reduced by the stimulation apparatus emitting a stimulation signal at specific intervals.

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1. A system comprising:a ventilator adapted for connection to a living subject for delivering a breathing gas to said subject to assist breathing by said subject respectively at specified gas delivery intervals; and a stimulation apparatus adapted for connection to said subject for stimulating at le

1. A system comprising:a ventilator adapted for connection to a living subject for delivering a breathing gas to said subject to assist breathing by said subject respectively at specified gas delivery intervals; and a stimulation apparatus adapted for connection to said subject for stimulating at least one of anatomical systems of said subject which participate in breathing, selected from the group consisting of the respiratory nervous system and the respiratory musculature, said stimulation apparatus emitting a stimulation signal to artificially stimulate a breath by said subject at specified intervals respectively preceding said gas delivery intervals.