I have Lifecare PLV-100 vents. I tried a LP-6 for 1 day while still in rehab
and didn't like it, it was much noiser than the PLV-100. I don't know what
else might be available. Mine are seven years old, just got one serviced and
the other one is getting serviced.
FWIW, Assuming Chris Revees would having been setup with something good,
he's using a Lifecare PLV-102 (I noticed on the 20/20 interview).
Here is a list of manufactures from that New Mobility article:
>Manufacturers
Aequitron Medical (Jerry Daniel's vent maker;
invasive and noninvasive positive pressure
products), 14800 28th Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN
55447; 800/497-4979.
Healthdyne Technologies (noninvasive positive
pressure products), 1850 Parkway Place, Marietta,
GA 30067; 800/421-8754.
J.H. Emerson Co. (cough machine and negative
pressure products) 22 Cottage Park Ave.,
Cambridge, MA 02140; 800/252-1414.
Lifecare International (Steve Lambert's vent maker;
invasive and noninvasive positive pressure
products), 1401 W. 122nd Ave., Westminster, CO
80234; 800/669-9234.
Newport Medical Instruments (invasive and
noninvasive positive pressure products), 760 W.
16th St., Building M, Costa Mesa, CA 92627;
800/451-3111.
Respironics (noninvasive positive pressure
products), 1001 Murry Ridge, Murryville, PA
15668-8550; 800/345-6443.
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