Title:
CONTINUOUS GAS LEAKAGE FOR ELIMINATION OF VENTILATOR DEAD SPACE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003033175
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A device is provided for removing waste fluid from a fluid supply and removal system that alternately supplies supply fluid to a user and receives the waste fluid from the user. The supply fluid and the waste fluid flow along a flow path, the supply fluid being supplied to and the waste fluid being received from the user by way of a supply tube (60). The system has a dead space. The device has a flow passage operatively associated with the supply tube and the dead space and directs the supply fluid and the waste fluid. An exhaust tube (20) exhausts a portion of the waste fluid from the system and has a first end operatively associated with the flow passage. The exhaust tube (20) is attached to the system at a location along the flow path between the user and the dead space.
Inventors:
CLAURE NELSON R (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/033222
Publication Date:
March 18, 2004
Filing Date:
October 18, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV MIAMI (US)
CLAURE NELSON R (US)
CLAURE NELSON R (US)
International Classes:
A61M16/08; A61M16/00; A61B5/083; A61M16/04; A61M16/10; (IPC1-7): A61M16/00; A62B7/00; A62B7/10; A62B19/00; A62B23/02
Foreign References:
| US6116235A | 2000-09-12 |
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