Hospitals Use 'Lungs In A Box' To Solve Donation Shortage

A box, which is more like the dome of an astronaut's helmet, acts like a ventilator and artificial heart, breathing new life into donor lungs.

Innovation requires thinking outside the box. In this case, the box is the innovation. 

Sixty-five-year-old Michael Piwowar of Wakegan, Illinois needed a new set of lungs. They were wrecked by COPD. 

"If I did any kind of exertion, I was out of breath. I couldn't breathe," he said.