The Vest® System, Model 205 – Acute Care

patient in bed

When you need a way to clear airway secretions that can complicate patient recovery and you want to reduce the time needed to deliver therapy…

The Vest® Airway Clearance System is the solution.

How does The Vest® Airway Clearance System work?

Through High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation technology, The Vest® Airway Clearance System dislodges mucus from the bronchial walls, and mobilizes secretions and mucus from the smaller to larger airways where it can be cleared by coughing or suctioning.

Who can benefit from The Vest® Airway Clearance System?

The Vest® Airway Clearance System has been demonstrated to benefit patients in the

removal of retained secretions due to both acute and chronic respiratory conditions.1

Therapy with The Vest® Airway Clearance System can assist in airway clearance for patients suffering from:

  • Airway clearance dysfunction resulting in impaired ventilation and/or gas exchange
  • Secretion retention associated with impaired ventilation and/or gas exchange
  • Ineffective cough or secretion clearance due to immobility, deconditioning or muscle weakness
What advantages does The Vest® Airway Clearance System, Model 205 offer clinicians?

Designed with the Acute Care Respiratory Care Department in mind, The Vest® Airway Clearance System, Model 205 is:

Safe

  • Proven to be at least as safe as CPT
  • Reduces the need to change head of bed into Trendelenburg position

Easy

  • Reduces the need to reposition the patient
  • Reduces average therapy time compared to CPT
  • Easy to
    • Use
    • Program
    • Transport
    • Position bed or chair side
    • Place disposable vests

Effective

  • Mobilizes secretions at least as well as CPT
  • Provides consistent therapy every time
  • Allows concurrent administration of aerosol treatment
  • Eases off pressure when paused
The Vest® Model 205

Medical Design Excellence Award Winner

The Vest® System, Model 205 received an award at the tenth annual Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition. Read the Press Release

  1. A list of clinical studies demonstrating the effectiveness of The Vest Airway Clearance System (using HFCWO) is available from your Hill-Rom representative.