Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Elema Ab

Sven-Gunnar Olsson

Goeran Rydgren

Goeran Cewers

Georgios Psaros

Goran Rydgren

Bjorn Jonson

Anders Larsson

Dan Linden

Stefan Brauer

Sture Eriksson

Mats Iderup

Bo Dahlstreom

Andras Gedeon

Rolf Castor

Kalman Csiki

Jan Johansson

Rolf Edstroem

Goeran Skog

Rune Bergkvist

Tarmo Niininen

Bo Dahlstroem

Goergan Rydgren

George Psaros

Linge Anders

Gabriel Tchang

Hanna Neuman

In a method an apparatus for vaporizing anesthetic liquids, in which a carrier gas is passed through a vaporizer so as to be saturated with vaporized anesthetic liquid, the vaporizer has a container, partially filled with anesthetic liquid, an inlet for a carrier gas, an outlet for carrier gas saturated with anesthetic and a pressure chamber. The carrier gas is supplied to the vaporizer at a pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure and is bubbled through the anesthetic liquid in the container in order to become saturated with anesthetic. The flow of gas at the outlet can be regulated as needed. Exact pressure and temperature conditions can be measured and/or regulated with a pressure meter, pressure regulator, thermometer and temperature regulator in order to regulate the partial pressure of anesthetic in the container.

Method for vaporizing an anesthetic liquid and vaporizer operating

An anesthetic system has an external gas reservoir and three gas bellows arranged in the external gas reservoir to alternatingly collect or deliver breathing gas from and to a ventilator unit. In this manner a completely closed system is achieved with minimal consumption of, primarily, anesthetic. The bellows are regulated by a regulatory unit which, via a valve system, can selectively connect a source of drive gas to one or more of the containers in order to compress the gas bellows respectively contained therein. When no drive gas is supplied, each bellows passively expands.

Anesthetic system with multiple valve-controlled bellows

A number of different parameters related to carbon dioxide output of a patient are routinely determined in ventilator/anaesthetic systems. For this purpose, a ventilator/anaesthetic system for determining carbon dioxide parameters includes a ventilator unit in which a first flow meter is arranged to measure an expired flow of gas, and a carbon dioxide meter is arranged to measure the concentration of carbon dioxide in expired gas. Arranging the carbon dioxide meter in the ventilator/anaesthetic unit minimizes the equipment which must be located in the immediate vicinity of patient, and a faster, more sensitive carbon dioxide meter thus can be used.

Ventilator/Anaesthetic system with juxtaposed CO.sub.2 meter and expired

In conjunction with the diagnosis of conditions in and treatment of the lungs, a small amount of NO is supplied to the lungs in some cases. A gas mixture for this purpose is disclosed in which an inert, non-toxic trace gas is present in an exact concentration in relation to NO, in order to simply and safely control the amount of NO then supplied to the lungs. The amount of NO supplied can be determined by determining the concentration of the trace gas. A method and device for administering breathing gas to a patient together with the aforementioned gas mixture are also disclosed.

Gas mixture and device for delivering the gas mixture to the lungs of a

In a method for supplying fresh gas in manual ventilation of a patient and in a ventilator system for practicing the method, the supply of fresh gas to a breathing bag is regulated. During inspiration, the breathing bag is squeezed, imposing an inspiration on the patient. A detector at the breathing bag senses when the patient exhales, and an identical flow of gas is fed to the system via an inspiratory valve, the flow of fresh gas is directed into the breathing bag and expired gas is prevented from entering the breathing bag. An expiratory valve simultaneously opens to conduct expired gas out of the system.

Method and apparatus for supplying fresh gas to a patient during manual

A method and apparatus for independent monitoring of a flow-through quantity and, potentially, of a concentration of a gas flow that is extremely small in comparison to a respiratory gas flow is provided. The valve for the control of this small gas flow can not be controlled via the overall gas flow. In order to be able to simply and reliably monitor the flow-through quantity and the concentration of this small gas flow without a gas analyzer and independently of gas flow regulators that are usually present, it is provided that the small gas flow be separately measured and compared to a value derived from the respiratory gas flow. Given the presence of prescribable criteria, an alarm is triggered and the flow-through quantity of the small gas flow is, for example, interrupted.

Method and apparatus for the control and independent monitoring of an

A method and apparatus for the re-use of anesthetic gases which are not absorbed by a patient, in inhalation anesthesia make use of an adsorption filter during exhalation, the unused anesthetic gases being subsequently desorbed from the adsorption filter during inhalation, and being reintroduced into the respiration flow to the patient. The exhaled gas is supplied through an absorber for carbon dioxide before it is re-supplied to the patient. The apparatus includes a common line for the delivery and discharge of anesthesia and respiration gases to and from a patient. An adsorption filter for adsorption and desorption of anesthetic gases is arranged in this line. To prevent the carbon dioxide from the exhalation gas of the patient, which is adsorbed in the adsorption material, from being re-supplied to the patient in the next inhalation phase, the common line between the patient and the adsorption filter is at least partially divided into an inhalation branch and an exhalation branch, with an absorber for carbon dioxide disposed in the inhalation branch, sized to match the small amount of carbon dioxide left in the reintroduced gas.

Method and apparatus for the reuse of anesthetic gases in inhalation

Respirator intended for connection to human or animal airways

Method and device for reduction of rebreathing of gas from dead space

A ventilator to be connected to the airways of a human or an animal includes several functional units, each functional unit being controlled and/or supervised by a separate microprocessor. At least one of the functional units has an analog control unit whereby the microprocessor only compensates for the coarseness in the regulating function of the analog control unit to increase the accuracy. This makes the ventilator efficient, accurate and safe.

Ventilator

A respirator has a bypass gas flow and respective valves in the inspiration and expiration lines for setting the gas flow through these lines. A control unit actuates the valves so that a respiratory cycle is produced and such that the bypass gas flow is maintained during expiration. The expiration pressure is identified by a pressure sensor. When this expiration pressure falls below a prescribed value, a new inspiration phase is triggered. To improve this triggering, the patient gas flow is identified by a flow meter, and the prescribed pressure value is varied dependent on the identified patient gas flow.

Respirator having a trigger sensitivity dependent on the patient gas flow

A device for displaying a parameter value has at least one row of light-emitting diodes in which each light-emitting diode has a position input, and the device has a control circuit with address outputs connected to the position inputs. Faults, such as a short-circuit can be detected more easily by an improved interconnection of the address outputs and position inputs such that two adjacent address outputs are connected to two position inputs physically separated by at least one position input.

Device for displaying a parameter value

In a respirator having an inspiration gas flow controlled by the expiration gas flow, in order to avoid triggering difficulties, particularly in the neonatal respiration therapy, the respirator is controlled such that a continuous gas flow flows through the inspiration and expiration lines. The gas flow is measured in the inspiration line by a gas flow sensor. The measured signal from the gas flow sensor is used to control a valve in the inspiration line, or a common line connected to the inspiration and expiration lines so that a constant gas flow is maintained in the expiration line.

Respirator having an inspiration gas flow controlled by the expiration

A ventilator for supplying and emitting respiratory gas to and from the airways of a human or an animal patient has a multiple-function safety valve located between a 10 control valve and the airways. The safety valve is biased in its closing direction by two springs, which apply force that corresponds to a predetermined overpressure, and is biased in its opening direction by a spring loaded piston, which applies force that exceeds the force of the springs. When electrical power is supplied to the ventilator, an electromagnet is energized. The electromagnet pulls the piston against the force of its spring load, and the safety valve closes. By means of a control device, the pressure in an inspiration section of the ventilator can be monitored and the electromagnet is disconnected at a programmed overpressure. In the event of a power failure, the safety valve will open and air can pass through the open safety valve to the airways.

A knob assembly is disclosed for a control unit of a medical apparatus with a front panel. In order to transfer a turning setting movement through the front panel, a feed-through sleeve is rotatably arranged in the front panel and a knob core is movably arranged in the feed-through sleeve. On the control side of the front panel the feed-through sleeve and the knob core are enclosed by a manipulable element which, through application of pressure, can axially move the knob core in the feed-through sleeve. The knob core on the back side of the front panel moves a resilient locking washer from a locking position to an unlocked position so that turning of the manipulable element also will turn the feed-through sleeve. To improve the sealing at the feed-through location, the front panel is provided with a protection plate which is beaded outwards and surrounding the feed-through sleeve, with the manipulable element tightly enclosing the beaded protection.

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Arloev, Sweden

Sven-Gunnar Olsson