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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6850591 | Mammography apparatus with vibrating compression plate An x-ray diagnostic device for mammogram examinations has an arm for an x-ray tube and a subject table as well as a compression plate arranged between the x-ray tube and the subject table that is connected to the arm and that is displaceable along this arm. The arm ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6745771 | Anesthetic filter arrangement with variable retention of gas by the filter An anesthetic filter arrangement has a filter housing with openings disposed to delimit a gas flow path inside the housing for gas passing to and from a patient, and having disposed within the gas flow path a filter element formed of an adsorption material for the a... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6722625 | Method for controlling a valve element and valve assembly A valve assembly HAS an element movable in a mechanical journal arrangement relative to a valve opening to establish an opening position of a valve, and A control unit for controlling the application of an oscillatory electromagnetic force to the element (8) having ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6718978 | Manual ventilation bag A manual ventilation bag has a first opening and a second opening, a first soft bag connected to the first opening and a second soft bag connected to the second opening. The manual ventilation bag is advantageously used in combination with a breathing apparatus.... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718975 | Method of assessing pulmonary stress and a breathing apparatus In a method for assessing pulmonary stress, a volume of respiratory gas is received from the lungs of a subject, an ensuing pressure is measured and the pressure-volume (P-V) relationship is analyzed. The analysis includes a determination of the profile of the press... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6709405 | Breathing apparatus and method for operation thereof for examining pulmonary mechanics of a respiratory system In an apparatus and method for examining the pulmonary mechanics of a respiratory system, in order to obtain information about the mechanical properties of the respiratory system's lungs, during an expiration of a flow of gas streaming out of the respiratory system ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6698770 | Cart and carrier for medical equipment In a cart and a carrier for medical equipment, the carrier has a bottom section and a back section and a pair of wheels and is arranged on an axle at the junction between the bottom section and the back section. The axle functions as a pivot axle and the ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6691552 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the composition of a binary breathing gas mixture In a method and apparatus for monitoring the composition of a breathing gas mixture having a first gaseous component and a second gaseous component, a data processor is supplied, either as an input value or as a measured value from associated humidity sen... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6679258 | Ventilator operable in a compensated volume support mode A ventilator for connection to a patient to provide assisted breathing, has a gas flow generator, a pressure meter, a flow meter and a control unit, which determines a gas pressure, on the basis of a pre-set tidal volume for the patient and measurement si... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6640807 | High frequency oscillation ventilator A high frequency oscillator (HFO) ventilator has an oscillator unit for alternately supplying a volume of gas ("oscillator volume") to and removing the oscillator volume from a proximal end of a gas conduit at a predetermined high frequency. The gas condu... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6601583 | Ventilator wherein operation is modifiable dependent on patient sounds A ventilator for respiratory care, intended for connection to a patient, avoids needless alarms, caused by a patient's attempts to speak and needless suffering because of the patient's inability to trigger an alarm, by having a sound detector arranged to ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6595213 | High-frequency oscillator ventilator A high-frequency oscillator (HFO) ventilator has a gas conduit with an opening for gas connection with a patient's airways and a bias gas flow inlet and outlet disposed to define therebetween a bias gas flow-path within the conduit. An oscillator is opera... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6578575 | Method and apparatus for optimization of mechanical ventilation In order to select an optimal ventilation mode for mechanically ventilating a patient, from among a number of ventilation modes, a mathematical description of the patient's respiratory system is produced in a computer from measured parameters related to p... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6577703 | X-ray mammography apparatus with a compression plate that automatically adjusts to uniformly apply pressure An X-ray diagnostics apparatus for mammography examinations has an arm for an X-ray tube and a subject table and a compression plate arranged between the X-ray tube and the subject table. The compression plate is connected via a mount to the arm and is di... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6568850 | X-ray imaging system An X-ray imaging system has an X-ray head containing an x-ray source which emits an X-ray beam. The head is rotatable around a pair of orthogonal axes for orienting the emitted X-ray beam in space. A pair of head angle sensors are located with the X-ray h... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6564798 | Method and computer software product for controlling an expiratory valve in a ventilator In a method for controlling an expiratory valve in a ventilator during expiration, including a stage in which the expiratory valve is opened almost completely for a first interval. Opening the expiratory valve almost completely results in a reduction in e... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6539975 | Arrangement for maintaining gas in a variable volume container at a constant pressure A gas container has a gas inlet, a gas outlet, a variable-volume chamber connected to the gas inlet and the gas outlet and a constant force applicator acting on the variable-volume chamber so that constant gas pressure prevails in the variable-volume cham... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6536433 | Directional valve A directional valve for respiratory devices has a valve body and a valve seat whose contact surface with the valve body is primarily horizontal. In order to enhance and reinforce the directional valve's operation, the valve body contains a ferromagnetic m... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6463394 | Method for calibration and measurement in a micro-dialysis system, and a micro-dialysis system In a method for calibration and measurement of a micro-dialysis system and a micro-dialysis system, one sensor is employed. Measurement times in micro-dialysis tend to be long, since concentration equilibrium at the measurement probe is necessary. The met... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6450968 | Method for determining gas content in a breathing apparatus, and a breathing apparatus operating according to the method In a method for determining the gas content, e.g. of oxygen in breathing gas in a breathing apparatus, and a breathing apparatus operating according to the method, the gas content is determined from the speed of sound in the breathing gas. In order to res... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6448791 | Method for analyzing anaesthetic agents and an analyzer operating according to the method In a method for analyzing anaesthetic agents and an analyzer operating according to the method, a parameter directly related to the anaesthetic agent's dielectric polarization is determined. A measuring unit has a container for the anaesthetic agent, two ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443150 | Anaesthetic vaporizer An anaesthetic vaporizer for dosing a liquid anaesthetic has a liquid container for the anaesthetic, and outlet tube from the liquid container to a dosing point, a first regulator for regulating a flow of anaesthetic from the liquid container toward the d... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6427692 | Valve A valve, particularly suited for use with a patient ventilation system to regulate respiration gas flow to and from the lungs of a patient has a substantially parallel, co-axial, arrangement of inner and outer fluid flow passages for conducting gas throug... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6422073 | Device for identifying liquid anaesthetics A device for use in an anaesthetic administration apparatus for identifying at least one liquid anaesthetic in the anaesthetic apparatus has a measuring unit for determining at least one parameter related to the refractive index of the liquid anaesthetic,... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6371115 | Device for the supply of a gas from a respirator/anaesthesia device to a bedridden patient A device for the supply of a gas from a respirator/anaesthesia device to a bedridden patient has at least one gas tube and a connecting interface, which can be connected to the patient, and an adjustable holding device for the gas tube and for the connect... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6371117 | Directional valve A directional valve for a breathing apparatus, such as an anaesthetic machine, has a valve seat with a valve port and a valve plate resting loosely on a valve seat. The valve plate has a soft, pliant area on its surface in contact with the valve seat and ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6364525 | X-ray examination apparatus with a lifting and rotating device for an apparatus component An x-ray examination apparatus has a base with at least one fixed part and one carriage that can be vertically shifted in relation to the fixed part. The carriage is provided with a horizontally projecting shaft, to which an apparatus component is mounted... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6360740 | Method and apparatus for assisted breathing A system for assisted breathing has a ventilator delivers a breathing gas to a living creature in order to facilitate, support and/or control the breathing of the living creature. The respiratory musculature is weakened during treatment with a ventilator,... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6357671 | Ultrasonic nebulizer An ultrasonic nebulizer includes a nebulization chamber for holding a liquid to be nebulized, the liquid being limited by an upper boundary within the chamber, and a nebulization source acoustically couplable to the liquid within the chamber to provide th... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6349723 | Anaesthetic machine An anaesthetic machine has a gas flow system with a variable-volume gas container for breathing gas, a fresh gas system for supplying the fresh gas system with a flow of fresh gas and a control unit. The control unit controls the variable-volume gas conta... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349922 | Valve with valve body which is non-linearly movable relative to a valve seat A valve for regulating a gas flow has a valve seat and a valve body, movable against the valve seat. The valve achieves high accuracy, a wide dynamic range and high operating reliability by causing the valve body substantially only to move axially against... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6345540 | Fluid flow meter A fluid flow meter has a semi-conducting substrate and a number of integral flexible tines orientated across an aperture in the substrate to deflect in the direction of the fluid flow by an amount dependent on that fluid flow. Piezo-resistive regions are ... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6345538 | Dual chamber ultrasonic flow meter with membranes having equal pressure on opposite sides thereof An ultrasonic flow meter for measuring a flow in a measurement channel has a first sensor chamber with a first membrane arranged against the measurement channel and a first transducer arranged at a specific distance from the first membrane, and a second s... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6302104 | Interlock arrangement for evaporators in an anesthesia apparatus An interlock arrangement for evaporators in an anesthesia apparatus having at least two evaporators for setting a desired gas concentration prevents more than one evaporator from being activated at a time. The evaporators are connectable to a gas distribu... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6298845 | Vaporizer A vaporizer for vaporizing a liquid anaesthetic has an inlet for a carrier gas, an outlet for the carrier gas and vaporized anaesthetic, a flow channel connecting the inlet to the outlet, a chamber for liquid anaesthetic, a first connection between the fl... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6295985 | Anaesthetic machine An anaesthetic machine for connection to a patient's airways has a fan with an inlet and an outlet, a first system of flow paths connected between the fan's outlet and inlet, and a second system of flow paths connected between the fan's outlet and inlet. ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6289891 | Safety system and method for preventing mixing of different anaesthetics in an anaesthesia system A safety system prevents inadvertent mixing of different anaesthetic agents, during replenishment wherein a new anaesthetic is replenished from a container to an anaesthesia machine containing a flow channel for the delivery of liquid anaesthetic, with a ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6286505 | Portable anaesthetic machine and emergency kit A portable anaesthetic machine allows dispensing of a liquid anaesthetic to a patient, which is sometimes desirable and may be hard to achieve, especially with portable equipment. This portable anaesthetic machine has a gas flow generator for generating a... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6253765 | Method for determining the volume of a tubing system and a breathing apparatus system In a method for determining the elastic volume (representing the gas which must be added to compensate for the compression of gas occurring in the tubing system) of a tubing system connected to a patient without the patient's lungs and airways entering in... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6240920 | Method for determining a parameter related to spontaneous breathing efforts by a subject, and breathing-assist apparatus operating in accordance with the method In a method and apparatus for determining at least one parameter related to a patient's spontaneous attempts at inspiration and/or the patient's respiratory effort in attempts at spontaneous inspiration, a pressure gradient is determined in relation to a ... | 06/05/2001 |
