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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2002
Bernie Hete, Trafford, PA (US);
Thomas A. McCann, Monroeville, PA (US);
Respironics, Inc., Murrysville, PA (US);
Abstract
An insufflation system that includes a first tube that inserts into a patient's airway for providing a primary flow of breathing gas to such a patient. At least one insufflation catheter is provided in or within the first tube for delivering a flow of insufflation gas to the patient. In one embodiment, the flow of insufflation gas is delivered in a first direction generally toward the patient's lungs and in a second direction generally opposite the first direction so that the flow in the second direction is greater than the flow in the first direction. As a result, a negative stagnation pressure is created that is sufficient to substantially cancel out the positive stagnation pressure generated by flow in the first direction in conjunction with a pressure drop induced in the first tube by the presence of the insufflation catheter.