Patent 5437272 Issued on August 1, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: August 1, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
128/203.12, Means for mixing treating agent with respiratory gas128/204.18, Means for supplying respiratory gas under positive pressure128/913BREATHABLE LIQUIDS
Method and means for maintaining respiratory gas exchange, by introducing into the pulmonary air passages of a mammalian host a volume of perfluorocarbon liquid substantially equivalent to the pulmonary functional residual capacity of the host, maintaining respiratory gas exchange in the perfluorocarbon liquid-laden pulmonary air passages by continuous positive pressure breathing with a conventional respirator, for up to an hour or more, and thereafter evaporating the perfluorocarbon liquid from the pulmonary air passages. Useful for treating pulmonary surfactant deficiency or dysfunction.
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