Ventilator and methods for treating head trauma and low blood circulation
US7836881B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 8, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2230/50
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In one embodiment, the invention provides a device for decreasing intracranial or intraocular pressures. The device comprises a housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening that is adapted to be interfaced with a person's airway. The device further includes a valve system that is operable to regulate respiratory gas flows through the housing and into the person's lungs during spontaneous or artificial inspiration. The valve system assists in lowering intrathoracic pressures during each inspiration to repetitively lower pressures in the venous blood vessels that transport blood out of the head to thereby reduce intracranial or intraocular pressures.
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