Drager Medical Gmbh

Heiko Lokotsch

Olaf Schermeier

Michael Wilkening

Jürgen-Ralf Lange

Brigitte Dautzenberg

Axinja Schoenbeck

A process and a device/system are provided for the automatic identification of the type of a breathing tube. A memory element () is connected to the breathing tube (). The memory element carries stored data identifying the breathing tube (). The data are read by a reading unit (), which is part of a respirator (). The data may be read when the breathing tube () is brought into the vicinity of the respirator () or connected thereto.

Process and device for the automatic identification of breathing tubes

A respirator shall be improved concerning better utilization of the carbon dioxide absorber (). To accomplish the object, a transponder (), which contains data on the type of absorber, the period of use and the current state of consumption, is arranged at the carbon dioxide absorber (). A transponder polling device () at the respirator () reads the data from the memory chip () and an updated state of consumption is calculated from data on the operation of the respirator and stored again in the memory chip ().

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Munich, Georgia

Heiko Lokotsch