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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2007
Joseph A. Orr, Park City, UT (US);
Dwayne R. Westenskow, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Joseph A. Orr, Park City, UT (US);
Dwayne R. Westenskow, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Anecare Laboratories, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for reversing inhaled anesthesia, which is configured to be positioned along a breathing circuit or anesthesia delivery circuit, includes a filter for removing one or more anesthetic agents from gases passing therethrough, as well as a component for elevating COlevels in gases that are to be inhaled by an individual. The apparatus is configured to be positioned between a Y-connector of the breathing circuit and the portion of the breathing circuit that interfaces with the individual. The COlevel-elevating component facilitates an increase in the ventilation of the individual without resulting in a significant decrease in the individual's PCOlevel and, thus, a decrease in the rate at which blood flows through the individual's brain. A method of reversing the effects of inhaled anesthesia includes increasing the rate of ventilation of an anesthetized individual while causing the individual to inhale gases with elevated amounts of COand while filtering anesthetic agents from such gases.