Systems and methods for automatic adjustment of ventilator settings

US8714154B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Covidien LP · US

Inventors

• Milenko Masic · San Diego, US
• Peter Doyle · Vista, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2011
• Grant date: May 6, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2230/46
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods and devices for respiratory support. As one example, a ventilation system is disclosed that includes a computer readable medium including instructions for operating in a hybrid mode. These instructions include measuring patient effort during a spontaneous breath type and deriving a neural inspiratory time from the measurements of patient effort. This neural inspiratory time is then set as the inspiratory for a breath of a mandatory breath type. If new patient effort measurements are received by the ventilator, the neural inspiratory time may be adjusted.