Multiple function airway adapter
US6312389A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F1/42
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An intergrated airway adapter capable of monitoring CO.sub.2 concentration in real time, breath by breath, using infrared absorption techniques and monitoring respiratory flow with differential pressure flowmeters under diverse inlet conditions through improved sensor configurations which minimize phase tag and dead space within the airway adapter.
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