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Flow regulating valve and method

US5685296A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 21, 1995
Grant dateNov 11, 1997
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D7/0113
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A flow regulating system including a valve and a method for maintaining a constant gas flow rate through a patient circuit to ambient exhaust at varying gas pressure by means of differential gas pressure applied to opposed sides of a valve diaphragm.

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