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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2002
Applicants:
Bela Suki, Newton, MA (US);
Kenneth R. Lutchen, Framingham, MA (US);
Edward P. Ingenito, Kingston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Bela Suki, Newton, MA (US);
Kenneth R. Lutchen, Framingham, MA (US);
Edward P. Ingenito, Kingston, MA (US);
Assignees:
The Trustees of Boston University, Boston, MA (US);
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M016/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for ventilating a lung in a living being by varying the peak inspiratory pressure. The peak inspiratory pressure may deviate about a mean that is chosen to correspond with a knee in a pressure-volume curve of the lung.