Hybrid respirator now offered commercially.A multi-mode respirator respirator /res·pi·ra·tor/ (res´pi-ra?ter) ventilator (2). cuirass respirator see under ventilator. , called the PATRIOT hybrid life support system, that is being sold commercially by Wilcox Industries Corp. of Newington, N.H., can be operated as either a powered or non-powered air purifying pu·ri·fy v. pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing, pu·ri·fies v.tr. 1. To rid of impurities; cleanse. 2. To rid of foreign or objectionable elements. 3. respirator, an open-circuit self-contained breathing apparatus “SCBA” redirects here. For other uses, see SCBA (disambiguation). A self contained breathing apparatus, or SCBA, sometimes referred to as a Compressed Air Breaching Apparatus (CABA) or simply Breathing Apparatus (BA) or a supplied-air respirator. Mode selection is accessed on the mask adaptor. Based on a hybrid system A hybrid system is a dynamic system that exhibits both continuous and discrete dynamic behavior — a system that can both flow (described by a differential equation) and jump (described by a difference equation). that was provided to the Defense and Justice Departments, the commercial version already has been acquired by several agencies at federal, state and local levels. |
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