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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Magdy Younes, Winnipeg, CA;
Assignee:
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820421 ; 12820423 ;
Abstract
Passive elastic and resistance values for a particular patient are estimated during proportional assist ventilation and other forms of assisted ventilation to permit reliable adjustment for volume-related and flow-related assist gains to meet continuously varying patient muscle pressure. Independent but simultaneous procedures are effected to determine the respective values. The pressure-volume relationship is determined by a modification of the inspiratory hold technique while the pressure-flow relationship is determined by deliberately introducing brief perturbations in pressure, flow and volume and observing the effects obtained.