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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2008
Applicant:
Andrew Phillip Levi, Madison, WI (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Phillip Levi, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A62B 7/00 (2006.01); F16K 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for delivering ventilatory support to a patient is presented. The method includes controlling delivery of a first backup breath by delaying onset of the first backup breath, wherein delaying the onset of the first backup breath is configured to allow selection of an appropriate backup rate. Systems and computer-readable medium that afford functionality of the type defined by this method is also contemplated in conjunction with the present technique.