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Medical gas mixture

US6001332A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 1998
Grant dateDec 14, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K33/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A medical gas mixture which comprises from 20 to 70% oxygen, from 1 to 10% carbon dioxide and the balance, except for incidental constituents not adversely affecting the basic properties of the gas mixture, being helium. The subject mixtures are useful in the treatment of asthma and in enhancing magnetic resonance imaging.

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