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Spirometric device

US4078554A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 1976
Grant dateMar 14, 1978
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Expiry dateSep 15, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2016/0039
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A spirometric device for connection to the respiratory piping system of a patient and wherein a delivery pickup system is situatable on an exhalation branch of the system. The signals transmitted by a pressure pickup included in the device and situated on the respiratory system and those transmitted by the delivery pickup are led to a computing and measuring assembly which integrates the delivery signals while correcting these as a function of the pressure variations and/or of the errors caused by the gas contained in the respiratory system.

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