Covidien LP

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Ric Investments, Inc.

Respironics, Inc.

Puritan-bennett Corporation

Gardner Kimm

Peter Doyle

Gary Milne

Kirk Hensley

Mabini Arcilla

Phyllis Rae Angelico

Warren G Sanborn

Smita Garde

Mehdi Matthew Jafari

Milenko Masic

Glen N Gee

Paul J Fennema

Karrie McGuigan

Steve Han

Gail Frances Upham

Jeffrey P Mansfield

Richard Nakai

Patrick Nguyen

Cynthia Miller

Samir Saleh Ahmad

Steve Harrington

Donald James Novkov

Bernie F Hete

Dan Graboi

Thomas A McCann

Paul L Woodring

David R Rogers

Rebecca A Mabry

Robert L Stephenson

A system of treating atelectasis is provided that includes a tracheal tube positioned within an airway of a ventilated patient and an acoustic sensor coupled to the tracheal tube. The system also includes a monitor communicatively coupled to the acoustic sensor. The monitor includes a processor configured to receive a baseline signal from the acoustic sensor. The processor is configured to provide control instructions to adjust a pressure of a gas mixture delivered to the airway through the tracheal tube. The processor is also configured to receive an updated signal from the acoustic sensor after the adjustment and identify a change in airway openness of lungs of the ventilated patient caused by the adjustment of the pressure. Further, identifying the change is based on the baseline signal and the updated signal.

Airway management systems for pulmonary disorder treatment

This disclosure describes systems and methods for providing drive pressure ventilation of a patient. The disclosure describes a novel breath type that provides a spontaneous breath type that allows for the calculation of drive pressure that does not require invasive monitoring.

Systems and methods for drive pressure spontaneous ventilation

This disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling pressure and/or flow during exhalation. The disclosure describes novel exhalation modes for ventilating a patient.

Methods and systems for exhalation control and trajectory optimization

Secretions that have accumulated at or near an airway of a subject as the subject is being mechanically ventilated are removed by suctioning. Before, during, and/or after the removal of the secretions, steps are taken to mitigated the impact of the suctioning used for secretion removal on the subject. As such, the timing of suction used to remove secretions may be influenced or controlled, ventilation of the subject during suction may be adjusted, ventilation of the subject prior to secretion removal may be adjusted to prepare the lungs of the subject for secretion removal, ventilation of the subject subsequent to suction for secretion removal may be adjusted, and/or other techniques for reducing the impact of suctioning for secretion removal on the subject may be implemented.

System and method for suctioning for secretion removal from the airway of a mechanically ventilated subject

Systems and methods for determining patient fatigue during ventilation of a patient are described. Novel notification and/or management of patient fatigue during ventilation are described. Further, system and methods for preventing diaphragm fatigue or weakness are described.

Systems and methods for monitoring, managing, and preventing fatigue during ventilation

A method of providing high frequency ventilation to a patient, comprises delivering a flow of breathing gas to the patient, the flow of breathing gas having a first positive pressure level and a second positive pressure level, the first and second positive pressure levels alternating with one another in a plurality of cycles in the flow of breathing gas to have a frequency and an amplitude, the flow of breathing gas to the patient generating a mean airway pressure; determining whether the patient is breathing spontaneously or is trying to breath spontaneously; and, in response to the determination that the patient is breathing spontaneously or trying to breath spontaneously or according to the user settings for HFV and user intervention for non-spontaneous breathing patient, adjusting the mean airway pressure, modulating the frequency and duty cycle of the flow of breathing gas, or modulating the level of flow and pressure amplitude of the breathing gas, or two or more thereof.

System and method for supporting sub-physiologic and physiologic tidal volumes in spontaneous or non-spontaneous breathing during high frequency ventilation

This disclosure describes systems and methods for providing drive pressure ventilation of a patient. The disclosure describes a novel breath type that provides a spontaneous breath type that allows for the calculation of drive pressure that does not require invasive monitoring, where drive pressure is the pressure applied to the lungs that causes them to inflate during mechanical ventilation.

This disclosure describes systems and methods for determining patient fatigue during ventilation of a patient. The disclosure describes novel notification and/or management of patient fatigue during ventilation. Further, the disclosure describes system and methods for preventing diaphragm fatigue or weakness.

Secretions that have accumulated at or near an airway of a subject () as the subject () is being mechanically ventilated are removed by suctioning. Before, during, and/or after the removal of the secretions, steps are taken to mitigated the impact of the suctioning used for secretion removal on the subject (). As such, the timing of suction used to remove secretions may be influenced or controlled, ventilation of the subject () during suction may be adjusted, ventilation of the subject () prior to secretion removal may be adjusted to prepare the lungs of the subject () for secretion removal, ventilation of the subject () subsequent to suction for secretion removal may be adjusted, and/or other techniques for reducing the impact of suctioning for secretion removal on the subject () may be implemented.

A device for providing a high frequency ventilation to a patient that includes a pressure generating system that delivers a flow of breathing gas to the patient, where the flow has a first and second positive pressure levels that alternate with one another in a plurality of cycles in the flow so as to have a frequency and an amplitude. The flow generates a mean airway pressure. A controller, coupled to the pressure generating system, is configured to make a determination, as to a spontaneous breathing, or an attempt, by the patient, or a change in a user settings by a user, and in response adjusts the mean airway pressure, modulates the frequency and a duty cycle of the flow, or modulates a level of the flow and the amplitude of the flow, or two or more flows.

A ventilation mask storage device () includes a body member () having a first side () and a second side (). The body member first side has a recess that is shaped to receive and hold a ventilation mask (). The body member also includes a connector () disposed on the second side of the body member that is configured to attach the device to one of a ventilator and a ventilator cart ().

Storage device for a ventilation mask

The systems and methods include controlling pressure and/or flow during exhalation. The systems and methods include novel exhalation for ventilating a patient. The systems and methods decrease the amount of time it takes the patient to passively expire an inspired volume of gas. For example, the systems and method may determine one or more pressure profiles based on one or more criterion and may select and utilize the pressure profile that provides for the fastest rate of lung emptying.

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