Patient adaptor for medical ventilator

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4417573
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06279957

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A patient adaptor fitting for a medical ventilator includes a jet pump having a nozzle receiving breathing gas from the inspiratory leg of the patient circuit, and a throat in communication with the expiratory leg of the patient circuit. Gas flows from the nozzle to the throat through a chamber in communication with the patient's breathing passages. The nozzle and the throat are dimensioned so as to produce a pressure drop in the chamber which balances the pressure drop through the expiratory leg of the patient circuit, thereby minimizing residual positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) caused by the pneumatic resistance in the expiratory leg. The throat and nozzle dimensions are also selected so that the minimization of the residual PEEP occurs over a relatively wide range of flow rates into the nozzle.

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BEAR MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC81 WYMAN STREET WALTHAM MA 02254

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
De, Vries Douglas F Redlands, CA 1 61

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