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Gas analyzer

US3951607A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 29, 1974
Grant dateApr 20, 1976
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Expiry dateNov 29, 1994

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/72
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A gas analyzer especially for pulmonary use has a frame supporting a centrally mounted radiation chamber of about 10 to 30 millimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches) substantially uniform inside diameter, having a circular-cylindrical glass wall closed by molybdenum protected aluminum ends connected in an electrical circuit to constitute an anode and a cathode. Leading from a patient's breathing tube is a conduit passing through a regulating valve and axially through the cathode, the conduit having an inside diameter of about 0.060 inches. The chamber is subjected to subatmospheric pressure through a duct of from about one-eighth to one-quarter inches inside diameter, passing through the anode to a vacuum pump. Arrayed equidistantly from the axis and around the chamber are several radiation detection devices, each connected to a display device. There are individual filters interposed between the chamber and at least some of the detecting devices.

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