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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186346 | Self-automated titration system and method A method of titration using a combination continuous flow and pulse flow portable oxygen concentration system (system) with a patient includes: a) providing the system in a continuous flow mode and titrating the patient to a predetermined blood oxygen saturation usi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181649 | Tube system for ventilation appliances The invention relates to a three-arm tube system for a ventilation appliance suitable for invasive ventilation. Such a ventilation appliance includes an active inhalation valve and an active exhalation valve. The tube system also includes an inhalation tube arm, an ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176915 | End-tidal gas estimation system and method An apparatus and method of using an end-tidal gas value taken from an non-intubated patient that includes measuring a plurality of gas concentration values, determining an end-tidal gas value from the gas concentration values, and reporting the end-tidal gas value f... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166971 | End-tidal gas estimation system and method An apparatus and method of indicating the reliability of an end-tidal gas value that includes measuring a plurality of gas concentration values, measuring a plurality of ventilation values, determining an end-tidal gas value from the gas concentration values, determ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166972 | Antiseptic mask and method of using antiseptic mask The invention is an antiseptic mask, comprising a canister configured to store an antiseptic agent, one or more filters adapted to receive the antiseptic agent and a housing comprising a passageway from an air intake through the one or more filters and to a nose/mou... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8146591 | Capnometry system for use with a medical effector system Disclosed is a capnometry apparatus for receiving respiratory gas from a respiratory cannula positioned on a patient. An integrated host controller alerts a user if the capnometry apparatus is connected or not connected to the respiratory cannula based in part on a ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8122883 | Medical ventilator and method of controlling same Embodiments of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings include a system and method for monitoring the ventilation support provided by a ventilator and automatically supplying a breathing gas to a patient via a breathing circuit th... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8109269 | Method of automatically controlling a respiration system and a corresponding respirator A method of automatically controlling a respiration system for proportional assist ventilation with a control device and with a ventilator. An electrical signal is recorded by electromyography with electrodes on the chest in order to obtain a signal uemg(... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109268 | Device for detecting a gas volume flow A device is provided for detecting a gas volume flow, especially for a respirator. The device includes a flow sensor, which surrounds a lumen for guiding the gas volume flow, and the flow sensor has an ultrasound transmitter with a sound generator (20) and an... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8066004 | System and method for providing a breathing gas Systems and methods for providing a breathing gas are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes sensing a sensed parameter associated with delivery of the breathing gas, changing a control parameter associated with a flow/pressure control element in response ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066003 | Method for improving control and detection precision of tidal volume by a calculation introduced with R value The present invention discloses a method for improving control and detection precision of tidal volume by introducing R value, comprising the steps of: a plateau pressure Pplate is used to calculate a system compliance C with C=ΔV/(Pplate−PEEP); VT, th... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061354 | Apparatus and method for supplying a respiratory gas An apparatus for supplying a respiratory gas to a patient within the scope of the diagnosis and/or the treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders includes an electronic signal processing device for generating a pressure control signal on the basis of indicative ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8011365 | Mechanical ventilation in the presence of sleep disordered breathing A method for controlling operation of a CPAP apparatus. The apparatus has a blower (2), a patient interface (6), an air delivery conduit (8) for delivering air from the blower (2) to the patient interface (6), a sensor (4... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011366 | Method for acclimating a CPAP therapy patient to prescribed pressure A method for acclimating a CPAP therapy patient to a prescribed pressure while the patient falls asleep. During an initial startup period, the CPAP apparatus applies a therapeutic IPAP pressure to the patient's airway and a lower initial EPAP pressure to the patient... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006696 | Monitor for measuring improvement in involuntary breathing The present invention is a breathing improvement monitor that continuously measures involuntary breathing. The monitor is a sensor apparatus that is attached to a patient's mask which is connected to the monitoring apparatus. The sensor may be reusable and attachabl... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7997271 | Apparatus and method for mask free delivery of an inspired gas mixture and gas sampling This disclosure is of a mask-free device for supplying sufficient gas to a medical patient and for more accurately sampling the exhalation gas of the patient. The device includes a flexible body having lumens adapted to extend into the nares of a patient and adjacen... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992557 | Gas supply device for sleep apnea An apparatus is provided for controlling air supplied under pressure to a patient suffering from sleep disorders such as apnoea. The apparatus measures and/or calculates the inspiratory air flow, volume and pressure to the airway. Controlled pressurized air is suppl... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992556 | Drug delivery in association with medical or surgical procedures Disclosed are various methods and devices for facilitating medical and/or procedures that are performed without “general anesthesia,” which is also described in the specification as the state of patient “unconsciousness” resulting from a drug administered by... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987848 | System and method of integrating anesthesia agent monitoring in a respiratory carestation The present invention is a system and method for integrating anesthesia agent monitoring in a respiratory carestation, wherein the respiratory carestation is configured to be compatible with a variety of monitoring modules. Any one of the monitoring modules is inser... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7967012 | Ventilatory assistance for treatment of cardiac failure and Cheyne-Stokes breathing Method and apparatus for the treatment of cardiac failure, Cheyne Stokes breathing or central sleep apnea are disclosed. A subject is provided with ventilatory support, for example positive pressure ventilatory support using a blower and mask. Respiratory airflow is... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963283 | Myoelectrically activated respiratory leak sealing The method and system are for sealing/unsealing (regulating) airway leaks occurring between the ventilator circuit and respiratory airways during lung ventilatory support in response to myoelectrical activity of diaphragm. Myolectrical activity of a patient's respir... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7954493 | Oxygen supplying apparatus As a respiration synchronized-type gas supplying apparatus which has a function for setting the flow rate during continuous supply and at the same time can be miniaturized by simplifying the structure, the present invention provides an oxygen supplying apparatus com... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7938114 | Auto-titration bi-level pressure support system and method of using same A bi-level pressure support system and method of treating disordered breathing that optimizes the pressure delivered to the patient during inspiration and expiration to treat the disordered breathing while minimizing the delivered pressure for patient comfort. The p... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934500 | Method and apparatus for detecting the respiratory activity of a person A method and a device are provided for detecting the respiratory activity of a person and for controlling the time progression of breathing gas pressure, especially in accordance with physical parameters and considering parameters indicating the momentary physiologi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934499 | Patient-ventilator synchronization using dual phase sensors An improved ventilator which delivers ventilatory support that is synchronized with the phase of the patients respiratory efforts and guarantees a targeted minimum ventilation. Improved synchronization is achieved through an instantaneous respiratory phase determina... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7926486 | Parameter optimization in sleep apnea treatment apparatus The present invention includes a method and apparatus for the optimized treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. The present invention includes a pressure source configured to provide positive airway pressure to a patient who is resting at home. The pressure source rec... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7913690 | Method for continuous measurement of flux of gases in the lungs during breathing A method of calculating the flux of any gas (x) in a CBC circuit for a ventilated or a spontaneous breathing subject, for example said gas(x) being; a) an anesthetic such as but limited to; i)N2O; ii) sevoflurane; iii) isoflurane; iv) halothane; v) desflu... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913691 | Session-by-session adjustments of a device for treating sleep disordered breathing A method is disclosed for operating a device that treats sleep disordered breathing (SDB) during successive treatment sessions; where the device provides continuous positive airway pressure during sleep. The method comprises the steps of applying a constant treatmen... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909034 | Combined positive and negative pressure assist ventilation The present invention relates to a method of delivering combined positive and negative pressure assist ventilation to a patient, wherein a positive pressure is applied to the patient's airways to inflate the patient's lungs, a negative pressure is applied around the... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7891355 | Physiological monitor A patient monitor has multiple sensors adapted to attach to tissue sites of a living subject. The sensors generate sensor signals that are responsive to at least two wavelengths of optical radiation after attenuation by pulsatile blood within the tissue sites. A pat... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7886740 | Gas systems and methods for enabling respiratory stability Minimal concentrations of CO2 are mixed with pressurized air to provide a gas mix effective for stabilizing breathing of target patients or users. CO2 concentrations below about 2% and preferably between about 0.5% and 1.25% are employed. A gas modulator includes a ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882834 | Autotitrating method and apparatus An apparatus and method of controlling the delivery of therapeutic gas delivered to a patient undergoing positive airway pressure therapy is described. The method includes providing a flow of gas to a patient's airway at a pressure, obtaining information from the ra... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7866318 | Methods for providing expiratory pressure relief in positive airway pressure therapy A method of operating a CPAP apparatus in which the interface pressure is controlled to rapidly drop at the start of expiration by an expiratory relief pressure (ERP) that is independent of instantaneous respiratory flow, following which the pressure rises to an ins... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861717 | Controlled gas-supply system The invention relates to a gas-supply system for patients receiving artificial respiration or breathing spontaneously, in which one or several gases (for example NO, oxygen) are added to the respiration gas at varying proportions (continuously or intermittently) by ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7849853 | Ventilator circuit and the method for the use thereof A ventilator circuit for use in administering medication to a patient includes a chamber housing defining an interior space and having an input end and an output end and a one-way inhalation valve positioned upstream of the interior space. The one-way inhalation val... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7845350 | Automatic continuous positive airway pressure treatment system with fast respiratory response The present invention provides for a method and apparatus for providing continuous positive airway pressure for treating sleep apnea. The method comprising the steps of providing a breathing gas flow to a subject, measuring a respiratory characteristic of the subjec... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7841343 | Systems and methods for delivering therapeutic gas to patients A system for delivering therapeutic breathing gas to patients is provided to deliver a variable bolus volume in response to the patient's breathing pattern. The system includes a gas source, a conserver between the gas source and the patient, a sensor which detects ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7814906 | Method and relevant apparatus for nasal ventilation, particularly for flow-synchronised neonatal assisted ventilation In a method for nasal ventilation and relevant apparatus, particularly for flow-synchronized neonatal assisted ventilation, wherein F(t) is a signal proportional to the ventilation flow, the following steps are performed: (a) inspiration, having a time ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7810497 | Ventilatory control system A system is provided for delivering a flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient. The system includes a pressurizing flow module that generates a pressurized flow of breathing gas and a patient circuit coupled to the pressurizing flow module configured to commu... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7802571 | Method and apparatus for controlling a ventilator Method and apparatus for controlling a ventilator are described. The invention can be used to control mechanical ventilators as well as respiratory assist devices such as CPAP machines. The apparatus receives input data indicative of patient's oxygen level. A contro... | 09/28/2010 |
