Automatic safety valve for respiratory equipment which is
counter-balanced and self-adjusting
    1.
    发明授权
    Automatic safety valve for respiratory equipment which is counter-balanced and self-adjusting 失效
    呼吸设备自动安全阀,反平衡自调节

    公开(公告)号:US5647355A

    公开(公告)日:1997-07-15

    申请号:US453642

    申请日:1995-05-30

    CPC分类号: A61M16/208 A62B7/12

    摘要: A self-regulating valve device adapted for use with respiratory equipment of a type which produces a pressurized flow of breathing gas. The valve device affords automatic access to the ambient atmosphere in the event of respiratory equipment malfunction and includes a primary inlet, a secondary inlet and an outlet. The primary inlet is adapted for connection to a ported exhalation valve which, in turn, is connected to one end of an elongated flexible tube, the opposite end of which is connected to a gas flow generator. The outlet, in turn, is connected to the inlet of an oral, nasal or oral/nasal respiratory mask respectively adapted to cover the patient's mouth, nose or mouth and nose. The valve device further comprises a pressure-responsive valve element for regulating gas flow into the inlet of the respiratory mask. In accordance with a further aspect of the invention, the valve device may be used in conjunction with a tracheotomy tube or an endotracheal tube or similar patient interface means.

    摘要翻译: 一种自调节阀装置,适用于产生加压呼吸气体流的类型的呼吸设备。 在发生呼吸设备故障的情况下,阀装置可自动进入环境大气,并包括主入口,次入口和出口。 主入口适于连接到便携式呼气阀,该呼气阀又连接到细长柔性管的一端,其另一端连接到气流发生器。 出口又连接到分别适合于覆盖患者的嘴,鼻或嘴和鼻的口腔,鼻腔或口腔/鼻呼吸面罩的入口。 阀装置还包括用于调节进入呼吸面罩入口的气流的压力响应阀元件。 根据本发明的另一方面,瓣膜装置可以与气管切开管或气管插管或类似的患者接口装置结合使用。

    Swivel device utilizing bearing clearance to allow carbon dioxide laden exhaust
    4.
    发明授权
    Swivel device utilizing bearing clearance to allow carbon dioxide laden exhaust 失效
    旋转装置利用轴承间隙使二氧化碳负载排气

    公开(公告)号:US06615830B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-09-09

    申请号:US09337595

    申请日:1999-06-21

    IPC分类号: A62B904

    摘要: A swivel exhaust conduit for rotatably connecting a patient mask to the delivery conduit of a positive pressure air supply. The swivel exhaust conduit design provides an exhaust port that utilizes the rotating bearing of the swivel conduit's rotating two-piece design for permitting and directing exhaust of CO2 laden air. A baffle chamber formed in the clearance of the two pieces provides an area where noise is reduced. As CO2 laden exhaust exits the swivel exhaust conduit, it is directed away from the patient mask and down the outside of the delivery conduit via a slit pattern on the swivel conduit.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于将病人面罩可旋转地连接到正压空气供应的输送导管的旋转排气导管。 旋转排气管道设计提供了排气口,其利用旋转导管的旋转两件式设计的旋转轴承来允许和引导排出二氧化碳的空气。 形成在两个间隙的间隙中的挡板室提供了降低噪声的区域。 当二氧化碳负载排出口离开旋转排气管道时,它通过旋转管道上的狭缝图案被引导离开患者面罩并沿着输送导管的外部。

    Unlocking a respiratory therapy mode

    公开(公告)号:US10576223B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US14125663

    申请日:2012-06-13

    摘要: A respiratory therapy device is configured, e.g. by a care provider, such that a second therapy mode different from the current therapy mode is unlocked, under predetermined circumstances and a third therapy mode different from the current and the second therapy mode is unlocked, under predetermined circumstances. The user of a given respiratory therapy device may activate the unlocked second or third therapy mode. The second or the third therapy mode may expire after a predetermined amount of usage, and be deactivated.

    Automatic humidity control in a pressure support system

    公开(公告)号:US10046136B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-14

    申请号:US13701559

    申请日:2011-04-27

    IPC分类号: A61M16/16 A61M16/20 A61M16/00

    摘要: A method of automatically controlling the humidity of a gas stream of a pressure support system (50) during use of the system is provided. The method includes receiving a first humidification level, and controlling operation of a humidifier (68) based on the first humidification level and at least one of: (i) one or more environmental parameters relating to environmental conditions around the pressure support system, (ii) one or more gas stream parameters relating to a gas stream output by the pressure support system to a patient circuit (56, 58), (iii) one or more respiratory demand parameters of a user of the pressure support system, and (iv) one or more operating parameters of the pressure support system that effect a flow rate that is generated by a pressure generating system (52, 60) of the pressure support system.