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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1994
Thomas W McGrail, Sparta, NJ (US);
Ralph J De Vito, Stanhope, NJ (US);
James M Howard, Dover, NJ (US);
Vital Signs, Inc., Totowa, NJ (US);
Abstract
Pressure limiting valve for being inserted into ventilation gas apparatus which valve includes a first vent for venting ventilation gas present in the apparatus above a first pressure to provide pressurized ventilation gas delivered to a person with a peak inspiratory pressure during periods of inspiration substantially equal to the first pressure, and including a second vent for venting accumulating pressurized ventilation gas present in the apparatus from increasing above a second pressure less than the first pressure to establish a base line pressure for the pressurized breathing gas to which the person is exposed during periods between periods of inspiration.