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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1995
Filed:
May. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bradley P Fuhrman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820312 ; 12820418 ; 128913 ;
Abstract
Method and means for maintaining respiratory gas exchange, by introducing into the pulmonary air passages of a mammalian host a volume of perfluorocarbon liquid substantially equivalent to the pulmonary functional residual capacity of the host, maintaining respiratory gas exchange in the perfluorocarbon liquid-laden pulmonary air passages by continuous positive pressure breathing with a conventional respirator, for up to an hour or more, and thereafter evaporating the perfluorocarbon liquid from the pulmonary air passages. Useful for treating pulmonary surfactant deficiency or dysfunction.