A ventilator muchina unopa mechanical ventilation nekufambisa mweya unofema kupinda nekubuda mumapapu, kuendesa mweya wekufema kumurwere asingakwanisi kufema, kana kufema zvisina kukwana.Inoshandisa simba remuchina kumisikidza mutsauko wekumanikidza pakati pealveoli nenzvimbo yekunze kuti inflate uye kupedza alveoli.Parizvino, the mhepo inoshandiswa pakushandisa mubhedha wekiriniki inoshandisa kufema zvakanaka.Yedu ventilator kusanganisira ICU ventilator , inotakurika emergency ventilator , BIPAP, CPAP muchina, nezvimwe.