Ventilator hood system for indirect calorimetry
US4832042A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 19, 1987 |
| Grant date | May 23, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2016/003
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Ventilator hood systems for metabolic studies involving a study of the gases exhaled by a person uses suction to induce a flow of gases through a special hood construction which is loosely fitted over the head of the person when he is supported on his back and which serves to conduct a mixture of such exhaled gases and induced gases to suitable analyzing equipment without loss or eddying of the exhaled gases.
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