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Respiratory apparatus and method

US4456008A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 13, 1982
Grant dateJun 26, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 13, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S128/911
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An improved respiratory apparatus for conducting flow of supply and exhausted respiratory gas between a ventilator and a tracheal tube incorporates features and combinations of features, including aspiration, periodic pressure relief immediately downstream from the tracheal tube connection, coaxial flow conduits, to improve the form of pressure variations at the tracheal tube.

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