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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1974
Jerome A Rodder, Los Altos, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A spirometer has a source of bias gas directly connected to a flow measurement passage so part of the bias gas flows through the flow measurement passage to the atmosphere instead of flowing through a breath transmission passage. In one embodiment, gas storage chamber is disposed between the breath transmission passage and the flow measurement passage so the gas stored in the chamber enters the flow measurement passage before a patient's breath from the breath transmission passage; the source of bias gas supplies the storage chamber. In another embodiment, a T-network has a first branch conduit connected to the source of gas, a second branch conduit connected to the breath transmission passage, and a third branch conduit connected to the atmosphere; the third branch conduit serves as the flow measurement passage.