The Artificial Trachea Closest to the Real Thing

THREE months after the operation that gave her an artificial trachea, Mi Aiyun was able to breathe normally, and fit enough to work in the fields for three to four hours. On July 26, 2002, Zhao Fengrui, designer of the artificial trachea and main operating surgeon, announced that his was the world's first tracheal prosthesis capable of integrating completely with the human trachea.Six years ago, Mi Aiyun, a 48-year-old farmer