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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Adam Seiver, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Samir Ahmad, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter R. Doyle, Vista, CA (US);
Inventors:
Adam Seiver, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Samir Ahmad, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter R. Doyle, Vista, CA (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); A61M 16/12 (2006.01); A61M 16/16 (2006.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2013.01); A61M 16/125 (2014.02); A61M 16/161 (2014.02); G06F 19/3481 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0021 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0036 (2013.01); A61M 2016/102 (2013.01); A61M 2202/025 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0208 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3355 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3365 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3553 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3561 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/505 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2230/04 (2013.01); A61M 2230/10 (2013.01); A61M 2230/202 (2013.01); A61M 2230/205 (2013.01); A61M 2230/50 (2013.01); A61M 2230/63 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ventilator () that pressurizes gas from a body of gas to provide a flow of gas to an airway of a subject () such that the gas flow mechanically facilitates the respiration of the subject (). In order to enhance the comfort of the subject () during ventilation by the ventilator (), the ventilator () enables the subject () to make unsupervised adjustments to one or more of the properties of the gas flow, within predetermined limits.