Thornhill Scientific Inc.

Takafumi Asami

Joseph A Fisher

Alex Vesely

Steve Iscoe

David Preiss

Ron Somogyi

Eltan Prisman

An apparatus to measure cardiac output (Q) and other parameters such as alveolar ventilation (VA), minute COelimination from the lung (VCO), minute oxygen consumption (VO), oxygenated mixed venous partial pressure of CO, (PvCO-oxy), true mixed venous partial pressure of CO(PvCO), PaCO, mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO), pulmonary shunt, and anatomical dead space, consisting of: a) a breathing circuit with characteristics that: i. on exhalation, exhaled gas is kept substantially separate from inhaled gas; ii. on inhalation, when Vis greater than FGS flow, the subject inhales FGS first and then inhales a gas that is substantially SGS, for the balance of inhalation; b) gas sensor means for monitoring gas concentrations at the patient-circuit interface c) a first gas set (FGS), and a second gas set (SGS), said second gas set which may comprise previously exhaled gases or exogenous gases or both d) a gas flow control means for controlling the rate of FGS flow into the breathing circuit e) means to identify phase of breathing, said means may consist of pressure sensors or analysis of signal generated by gas sensors or other means known to those skilled in the art; f) machine intelligence consisting of a computer or logic circuit capable of controlling the gas flow control means, receiving the output of the gas sensor means and means to identify phase of breathing, and performing the calculations for measuring cardiac output and other parameters as outlined in the disclosure.

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Nagoya, Japan

Takafumi Asami