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| 20080289628 | Method and Apparatus for Lung Volume Estimation - In a method, ventilator and ventilator control unit for determining an end-expertorial lung volume (EELV) for a mechanically ventilated patient, a breathing gas is provided to the patient that has a first fixed N2/O2 gas composition, at least until the N2/O2 gas composition in air expired from the patient is constant. At least once, at a first predetermined point in time, the N2/O2 gas composition in the breathing gas is changed to a second fixed composition. The change in the N2/O2 gas composition exhaled by the patient for each breath is measured until a second point in time at which the level of expired O | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090250054 | ANAESTHESIA APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ANAESTHESIA APPARATUS - An anaesthesia apparatus has a control unit that controls a gas flow of a flushing gas through at least part of the anaesthesia apparatus so as to flush anaesthetic agent from the apparatus when the apparatus is not connected to a patient. In this way the remaining anaesthetic agent can be removed from the anaesthesia apparatus after use before connecting another patient. Pre-use check of the apparatus can be performed automatically. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090277448 | MANUAL VENTILATION WITH ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED APL VALVE - A breathing apparatus for ventilating the lungs of a patient with breathing gas, has: a breathing circuit configuration; a mechanical ventilation system; a manual ventilation system provided with a manual ventilation bag; a manual ventilation valve for enabling manual ventilation of breathing gas from the breathing circuit; a pressure sensor devised to detect the pressure level in the breathing circuit; an electronically controlled expiration valve ( | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100224184 | DIFFUSION BARRIER IN A DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR PRESSURIZED MEDICAL LIQUIDS - A delivery apparatus for pressurized medical liquids comprising a reservoir for medical liquid and a pressurizing means configured for pressurizing medical liquid to a driving pressure; with a diffusion barrier arranged to float on medical liquid in the reservoir and disposed to cover substantially the entire surface of the medical liquid in the reservoir for the purpose of preventing diffusion of gas present in the reservoir into the medical liquid. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110017211 | ANESTHETIC BREATHING APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED MONITORING OF ANESTHETIC AGENT - In an embodiment an anesthetic breathing apparatus is disclosed comprising a first gas analyzer ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110048417 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTION OF WASTE ANESTHETIC GASES - In an apparatus for collection of waste anesthetic gases, and a method of using such an apparatus, the apparatus has a gas collection chamber with an input port to be connected to an exhaust of an anesthesia delivery system for receiving a first gas flow therefrom that contains a waste anesthetic gas component. An output port from the gas collection chamber is connected to a vacuum system for evacuation of an evacuation gas flow from the gas collection chamber. A bidirectional port leads to and from the gas collection chamber, which has an adsorbing unit connecting the gas collection chamber with an ambient environment surrounding the gas collection chamber. The apparatus provides for safe prevention of discharge of exhaled anesthetic gases into an ambient atmosphere surrounding the apparatus. | 03-03-2011 |
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| 20090277448 | MANUAL VENTILATION WITH ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED APL VALVE - A breathing apparatus for ventilating the lungs of a patient with breathing gas, has: a breathing circuit configuration; a mechanical ventilation system; a manual ventilation system provided with a manual ventilation bag; a manual ventilation valve for enabling manual ventilation of breathing gas from the breathing circuit; a pressure sensor devised to detect the pressure level in the breathing circuit; an electronically controlled expiration valve ( | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100224184 | DIFFUSION BARRIER IN A DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR PRESSURIZED MEDICAL LIQUIDS - A delivery apparatus for pressurized medical liquids comprising a reservoir for medical liquid and a pressurizing means configured for pressurizing medical liquid to a driving pressure; with a diffusion barrier arranged to float on medical liquid in the reservoir and disposed to cover substantially the entire surface of the medical liquid in the reservoir for the purpose of preventing diffusion of gas present in the reservoir into the medical liquid. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110017211 | ANESTHETIC BREATHING APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED MONITORING OF ANESTHETIC AGENT - In an embodiment an anesthetic breathing apparatus is disclosed comprising a first gas analyzer ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110048417 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTION OF WASTE ANESTHETIC GASES - In an apparatus for collection of waste anesthetic gases, and a method of using such an apparatus, the apparatus has a gas collection chamber with an input port to be connected to an exhaust of an anesthesia delivery system for receiving a first gas flow therefrom that contains a waste anesthetic gas component. An output port from the gas collection chamber is connected to a vacuum system for evacuation of an evacuation gas flow from the gas collection chamber. A bidirectional port leads to and from the gas collection chamber, which has an adsorbing unit connecting the gas collection chamber with an ambient environment surrounding the gas collection chamber. The apparatus provides for safe prevention of discharge of exhaled anesthetic gases into an ambient atmosphere surrounding the apparatus. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20120031402 | DEVICE, AN AGGREGATE AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING A GASIFIED ANESTHETIC AGENT - A respiratory anesthetic aggregate devised for coupling to a breathing apparatus has an anesthetic gasifier unit that has a breathing gas input port connected to a first point in an inspiratory patient gas delivery path of a breathing apparatus, and a fresh gas output port connected to a second point in the patient gas delivery path downstream the first point. The inspiratory patient gas delivery path is connected via a mainstream connection between the first and second point. Thereby the anesthetic gasifier unit is connected in a sidestream configuration to the patient gas delivery path for adding the gasified anesthetic agent in a desired concentration to the patient gas delivery path at the second point. The When aggregate is coupled to a breathing apparatus, a substantially volume neutral delivery of anesthetic agent is provided a to the breathing apparatus. | 02-09-2012 |
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| 20100038937 | FLEXIBLE NOISE COVER FOR A VENTILATED SEAT - This invention relates to a vehicle seat assembly having a lower seat assembly and a seat back assembly, the lower seat and seat back assemblies having an exterior surface and an interior region. The vehicle seat includes a ventilation system configured to move air through body-side openings in the exterior surface, the ventilation system comprising a fan and one or more fan openings, the fan openings providing fluid communication between the fan and an exterior of the seat assembly through the exterior surface. The vehicle seat also includes a flexible noise cover, mounted on the vehicle seat assembly, defining the fan openings. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100066149 | VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY HAVING A MOUNTING MEMBER TO MOUNT AN ELECTRIC COMPONENT - A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat body that is configured for attachment to a floor surface of a vehicle. The seat body includes a seat back that is connected to a seat bottom. The seat back has a seat back frame and the seat bottom has a seat bottom frame. An electric component is mounted to the seat body. A first mounting member attaches the electric component to one of the seat back frame and the seat bottom frame. In this vehicle seat assembly, the first mounting member is configured to flex such that the electric component can move in a direction that is generally perpendicular to a plane of the one of the seat back frame and the seat bottom frame. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100244502 | SEAT ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ARMREST - A seat assembly having a seat back and an armrest. The armrest is disposed on the seat back and is configured to pivot about an axis of rotation. The armrest has a headrest that is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. The armrest is inhibited from pivoting about the axis of rotation when the headrest is in the extended position. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100283303 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat ( | 11-11-2010 |
| 20120074188 | CUP HOLDER ASSEMBLY HAVING A PAIR OF LIDS AND A SINGLE RELEASE BUTTON - A cup holder assembly includes a base and a pair of lid assemblies. The lid assemblies are respectively supported on the base for movement between an opened position and a closed position, wherein the lid assemblies are separately biased in the opened position. A pair of locking tabs is supported on the base for movement relative to the lid assemblies, wherein the locking tabs are configured to respectively engage and secure the lid assemblies in the closed position. A release member is supported on the base for movement relative to the locking tabs, wherein the release member is configured to disengage the locking tabs from the lid assemblies when the release member is moved from a first position to a second position. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120074741 | Vehicle Modular Armrest - A modular armrest has a frame configured to support and retain at least one of a plurality of differently configured modular elements. The modular elements perform various functions and are selected and assembled to the frame from a group of modular elements to form the desired modular armrest. | 03-29-2012 |
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| 20110318119 | SLOT-MILLING TOOL AND SLOT-MILLING INSERT FOR A SLOT-MILLING TOOL - A slot-milling tool includes a slot-milling insert to be on-edge mounted to a toolholder of the slot-milling tool. The insert includes a first side surface, a second side surface, and a plurality of edge surfaces between the first and second side surfaces, each edge surface intersecting with another edge surface at a corner and forming a cutting edge. The first and second side surfaces each have a side insert supporting surface for abutting against an abutment surface in a toolholder, and the insert has reflective symmetry about a central plane extending through the edge surfaces midway between the first and second side surfaces. A chipbreaker is provided on each edge surface and corresponds to each cutting edge, and each chipbreaker includes a recess beneath the cutting edge and a portion projecting toward the cutting edge, the projecting portion defining first and second chip deflecting recesses between the projecting portion and the first and second side surfaces, respectively. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120003052 | FAMILY OF ROTATING CUTTING TOOLS - A family of rotating cutting tools includes at least two toolholders having different diameters, each toolholder including a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side being substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the toolholder, and at least one insert abutment surface on each of the first side and the second side, the insert abutment surfaces on the first side and the second side of each toolholder being substantially mirror images of each other, and the insert abutment surfaces on each of the first side and the second side of each toolholder being substantially identical to the insert abutment surfaces on each other one of the at least two toolholders, and a plurality of identical inserts mounted on each of the at least two toolholders, each insert having a first side surface, a second side surface, and a plurality of edge surfaces between the first and second side surfaces, each edge surface intersecting with another edge surface at a corner and forming a cutting edge, wherein the first and second side surfaces each have a side insert supporting surface for abutting against one of the abutment surfaces. For each toolholder, the insert abutment surfaces on the first and second sides define an angle with a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the toolholder, and the angle defined by the insert abutment surfaces and the plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the toolholder is different for the at least two toolholders having different diameters. | 01-05-2012 |
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| 20100058105 | Environment Wide Configuration System - An installation and configuration system consolidates workloads of multiple applications and services, including applications or services that may be installed or configured on multiple server devices or remotely hosted services. The system gathers environmental information, analyzes dependencies among the workloads, and populates the input data used by the workloads from a common database. The system then executes the workloads, allowing branching within the workloads or the sequence of workloads. An example of branching may include detecting an error condition, pausing the sequence, and presenting alternative fixes to a user. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100058120 | Dynamic Inline Sequence Interface - A user interface displays multiple steps in sequential relationship to each other, and may group various steps together and provide completion indicators for each step as well as an overall completion indicator. Error conditions, status information, queries, and details about a particular step or group of steps may be displayed inline with the steps in a task detail portion of the user interface. The task detail portion may be collapsible and expandable by the user. Progress and completion indicators may be updated for each step, groups of steps, and the overall sequence. In a typical use, a software installation sequence may comprise installation steps from multiple software components. The user interface may illustrate the status of individual tasks, groups of task, and the overall sequence as the tasks are performed, and enable errors to be resolved by displaying queries and other information inline with the steps. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110029923 | INTEGRATING TRANSPORT MODES INTO A COMMUNICATION STREAM - Integrating multiple transport modes into a single communication stream on a computing device such as a mobile computing device. One or more recipients and one or more transport modes available for communication with the one or more recipients are provided to a user. An application program executing on the computing device receives a first message from the user to send to one or more selected recipients. The computing device transmits the received first message to the selected recipients via a first transport mode. Thereafter, the computing device receives a second message from one of the recipients via a second transport mode. The received second message is displayed to the user in the same communication stream by the application program. As an example, the user uses the application program to communicate with the recipients using text messaging, electronic mail message, and other transport modes. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20120089644 | AUTOMATIC CONTACT LINKING FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - Linking data items describing a person into a single, unified contact entry without merging the data items. The data items include, for example, contact data, social network data, and other data describing the person. The contact entry is a single representation of the person that, in some embodiments, combines a plurality of personas of the person without merging the underlying data items. Metadata representing one or more contact entries is capable of being shared across a plurality of devices and applications such that a user is presented with a consistent contact list on different devices and from within different applications. In some embodiments, the user annotates one or more of the contact entries with notes or other data that is stored with the metadata. | 04-12-2012 |
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| 20080295980 | CONTINUOUS COUNTER-CURRENT ORGANOSOLV PROCESSING OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS - A modular process for organosolv fractionation of lignocellulosic feedstocks into component parts and further processing of said component parts into at least fuel-grade ethanol and four classes of lignin derivatives. The modular process comprises a first processing module configured for physico-chemically digesting lignocellulosic feedstocks with an organic solvent thereby producing a cellulosic solids fraction and a liquid fraction, a second processing module configured for producing at least a fuel-grade ethanol and a first class of novel lignin derivatives from the cellulosic solids fraction, a third processing module configured for separating a second class and a third class of lignin derivatives from the liquid fraction and further processing the liquid fraction to produce a distillate and a stillage, a fourth processing module configured for separating a fourth class of lignin derivatives from the stillage and further processing the stillage to produce a sugar syrup. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080299628 | CONTINUOUS COUNTER-CURRENT ORGANOSOLV PROCESSING OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS - A modular process for organosolv fractionation of lignocellulosic feedstocks into component parts and further processing of said component parts into at least fuel-grade ethanol and four classes of lignin derivatives. The modular process comprises a first processing module configured for physico-chemically digesting lignocellulosic feedstocks with an organic solvent thereby producing a cellulosic solids fraction and a liquid fraction, a second processing module configured for producing at least a fuel-grade ethanol and a first class of novel lignin derivatives from the cellulosic solids fraction, a third processing module configured for separating a second class and a third class of lignin derivatives from the liquid fraction and further processing the liquid fraction to produce a distillate and a stillage, a fourth processing module configured for separating a fourth class of lignin derivatives from the stillage and further processing the stillage to produce a sugar syrup. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080299629 | CONTINUOUS COUNTER-CURRENT ORGANOSOLV PROCESSING OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS - A modular process for organosolv fractionation of lignocellulosic feedstocks into component parts and further processing of said component parts into at least fuel-grade ethanol and four classes of lignin derivatives. The modular process comprises a first processing module configured for physico-chemically digesting lignocellulosic feedstocks with an organic solvent thereby producing a cellulosic solids fraction and a liquid fraction, a second processing module configured for producing at least a fuel-grade ethanol and a first class of novel lignin derivatives from the cellulosic solids fraction, a third processing module configured for separating a second class and a third class of lignin derivatives from the liquid fraction and further processing the liquid fraction to produce a distillate and a stillage, a fourth processing module configured for separating a fourth class of lignin derivatives from the stillage and further processing the stillage to produce a sugar syrup. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090117226 | CONTINUOUS COUNTER-CURRENT ORGANOSOLV PROCESSING OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS - A modular process for organosolv fractionation of lignocellulosic feedstocks into component parts and further processing of said component parts into at least fuel-grade ethanol and four classes of lignin derivatives. The modular process comprises a first processing module configured for physico-chemically digesting lignocellulosic feedstocks with an organic solvent thereby producing a cellulosic solids fraction and a liquid fraction, a second processing module configured for producing at least a fuel-grade ethanol and a first class of novel lignin derivatives from the cellulosic solids fraction, a third processing module configured for separating a second class and a third class of lignin derivatives from the liquid fraction and further processing the liquid fraction to produce a distillate and a stillage, a fourth processing module configured for separating a fourth class of lignin derivatives from the stillage and further processing the stillage to produce a sugar syrup. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090118477 | CONTINUOUS COUNTER-CURRENT ORGANOSOLV PROCESSING OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS - A modular process for organosolv fractionation of lignocellulosic feedstocks into component parts and further processing of said component parts into one or more of a de-lignified cellulose stream, a sugar stream, small-chain alcohol streams and four structurally distinct classes of lignin derivatives. The modular process comprises a first processing module configured for digesting lignocellulosic feedstocks with an organic solvent thereby producing a cellulosic solids fraction and a liquid fraction, a second processing module configured for recovering small-chain alcohols and optionally a first class of lignin derivatives from the cellulosic solids fraction, a third processing module configured for recovering from the liquid fraction at least one of a second class and a third class of lignin derivatives or mixtures thereof, and waste stream comprising a fourth class of lignin derivatives. The fourth processing module may optionally recover the fourth class of lignin derivatives. | 05-07-2009 |
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| 20080287180 | GAMING MACHINE COMMUNICATIONS - A gaming machine that provides a game in which a plurality of symbols are selected and presented and if a winning combination occurs in the selected symbols, the gaming machine awards an award, the gaming machine comprising a communication interface for receiving and sending data to a remote device and an alphanumeric keypad and in response to operation of the alphanumeric keypad the gaming machine causes a message to be generated using predictive text input technology, wherein the gaming machine is further arranged to send the generated message to the remote device over the communication interface, and wherein the gaming machine further includes a display that is controlled to display messages generated by and sent by the gaming machine and messages received by the gaming machine. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090131174 | Game Session Management - A computerized gaming system operates a plurality of gaming machine terminals coupled to a gaming server. A game session is initiated by a player for one gaming machine terminal. The game player thereafter identifies a second gaming machine terminal to be coupled to the same game session. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090197683 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF MANAGING BANDWIDTH USAGE IN A GAMING NETWORK - A gaming system ( | 08-06-2009 |
| 20100069150 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF GAMING - A gaming system including a plurality of gaming machines, a display, and a zoom sequence implementer. Each of the plurality of gaming machines implements a probabilistic game and determines when a winning outcome occurs. The gaming system generates a win communication indicative of a winning gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines when a specific winning outcome occurs at the winning gaming machine, and the zoom sequence implementer receives the win communication to cause location information indicative of the location of the winning gaming machine to be displayed on the display when the win communication is received, and progressively modifies the displayed location information such that the location of the winning gaming machine is progressively shown with more specificity. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100261522 | CHAIN REACTION - A method of gaming in a gaming system comprising: initiating a bonus game comprising a plurality of levels having a defined sequence; determining a group of participants in the bonus game; associating each participant with a level such that each participant is eligible to a bonus win based on the level with which the participant is currently associated; awarding a bonus win to one of the participants; and associating a subsequent level with each of the participants in response to the bonus win such that each participant is eligible to a subsequent bonus win based on the subsequent level associated with the participant. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100298046 | GAMING SYSTEM - A gaming system is disclosed which includes a plurality of gaming machines, each gaming machine being arranged to implement a game, a data handling system arranged to communicate with a back end gaming system configured to receive data from the gaming machines, and a communications network arranged to facilitate communications between the gaming machines and the data handling system. The data handling system is arranged to store data received from the gaming machines through the communications network, and to send stored data to the back end system in communication with the data handling system when requested by the back end system. A corresponding method is also disclosed. | 11-25-2010 |
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| 20090194644 | Shielded Frame - The present invention concerns a frame ( | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090218451 | Cable Retention Device - The present invention concerns a cable retention device, which also may be used for pipes or wires, to take up forces actuated by or on a cable ( | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100175271 | Compression Indicator - At least one embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method of controlling the compression of a compression unit placed inside a frame. At least one embodiment is directed to indicator clips to be used in controlling the compression, which indicator clips may have different designs. In one embodiment the indicator clip has an elongated form with two rounded ends. The rounded ends are to be placed on stems of two screws of the compression unit. The compression of the compression unit increases with a distance from the screw head of each screw to the compression unit. The width of the indicator clip is adapted to said distance at the desired compression. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20120013079 | PIPE OR CABLE LEAD-THROUGH HAVING LAYERS OF DIFFERENT THICKNESS - A compressible seal/lead-through for cables, wires or pipes. The seal has two or more compressible base parts surrounding each cable, wire or pipe. Each compressible base part has peelable sheets for adapting to the diameter of a cable, wire or pipe. The sheets placed in the base parts have either different thicknesses or different rigidities. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120018959 | ECCENTRIC PART OF A PIPE OR CABLE LEAD-THROUGH - A seal, lead-through or transit for cables, wires or pipes which seal, lead-through or transit has one or more compressible parts surrounding the cable, etc. and a position of an opening receiving the cable, etc. is adjustable. In one example, the opening may be placed off-centre on a partition line between two module parts. In other example, an inner compressible body may be placed inside an outer compressible body or between two module parts The inner compressible body has an opening receiving the cable, etc. which opening is placed off-centre. By rotating the inner compressible body the position of the opening receiving a cable, etc. is adjusted. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018960 | SEALING SYSTEM - A sealing system for cable entries or pipe penetrations including a frame receiving one or more compressible modules surrounding a cable or pipe, whereby a barrier is formed of the one or more modules and at least one compression unit in the frame. The compressible module may have at least one opening provided with at least one peelable layer for adapting to the diameter of a cable or pipe, which at least one peelable layer is placed in a profile. Each compressible module may include a movement preventing device that engages the frame and/or an adjacent compressible module in an axial direction, so as to obstruct movement in an axial direction. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018961 | LUBRICATION OF A PIPE OR CABLE LEAD-THROUGH - A seal, lead-through or transit for cables, wires or pipes comprises a base part having a groove for receiving the cable etc. and in which groove a number of peelable sheets is received. The seal etc. may be designed to automatically give low friction and enhanced sealing between a cable etc. and the sheets and between the base parts at installation. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120032036 | PIPE OR CABLE LEAD-THROUGH BLOCKS - Blocks of a cable, wire or pipe transition that may be placed together to form a structure of a number of the blocks. Each block has a generally rectangular shape and forms a part of the cable, wire or pipe transition together with at least one further block. Each block has at least one recess placed in the middle of the block. Inside the recess a number of peelable sheets are received. The sheets may be peeled off to adapt the inner diameter of the block to the outer diameter of a cable, wire or pipe to be received in the recess. Each block has elements for fastening further blocks to the block above or below the block. | 02-09-2012 |
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| 20090084382 | CATHETER POSITIONING METHOD AND COMPUTERIZED CONTROL UNIT FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A control unit for a ventilator is arranged to receive, from each of a number of electrode pairs on an esophageal catheter a bioelectric signal having an ECG component. The control unit has a calculating unit that determines the ECG component of each of the bioelectric signals and a position unit that determines the position of the catheter in relation to the patient's diaphragm based on a comparison the amplitudes of ECG components of the bioelectric signals. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090137911 | Electrode Positioning - In a method and device for positioning a linear array of electrodes mounted on a distal end section of an elongated flexible member in a patient's respiratory airways at the level of the patient's diaphragm, a length of the elongated flexible member pre-determined to position the linear array of electrodes at the level of the patient's diaphragm is inserted through the patient's respiratory airways. Signals representative of an electrical activity of the patient's diaphragm (EAdi) are detected through the electrodes of the linear array, a presence or absence of ECG signal components is detected in the EAdi signals, and the position of the linear array of electrodes in the patient's respiratory airways is detected in response to the presence or absence of the ECG signal components in the EAdi signals. Also, lower esophageal sphincter activity may be detected in the EAdi signals, and the position of the linear array of electrodes in the patient's respiratory airways determined in response to the detected lower esophageal sphincter. Finally, an end-expiratory occlusion of the patient's respiratory airways may be performed to verify that the electrical activity of the diaphragm coincides with a negative deflection of the patient's respiratory airways pressure again in view of determining adequate positioning of the linear array of electrodes. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20100228142 | Method and System for Determining Dynamically Respiratory Features in Spontaneoulsy Breathing Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilatory Assist - A method for determining dynamically a respiratory feature in a spontaneously breathing patient receiving mechanical ventilatory assist comprises: modifying a level of mechanical ventilatory assist to the patient, measuring an airway pressure, detecting a change of gradient of the measured airway pressure and determining the respiratory feature based on the measured airway pressure upon detecting the change of gradient of the airway pressure. Furthermore, the method also comprises: measuring a respiratory neural drive of the patient and detecting a lowest level of the measured respiratory neural drive for determining the respiratory feature based on the detected lowest level of respiratory neural drive. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110301482 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING CHANGES IN INSPIRATORY LOAD - A method and system for measuring changes in inspiratory load of a patient's respiratory system during mechanical ventilation. The method and system calculate a first relation between a measured inspiratory airway pressure and a measured electrical activity of respiratory muscle, and a second relation between a measured inspiratory volume and the measured electrical activity. A load index is calculated from the first and second relations. Changes in inspiratory load are determined based on the load index. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120006327 | Method and Device for Determining a Level of Ventilatory Assist to a Patient - A method and device for determining a level of ventilatory assist to be delivered to a patient by a mechanical ventilator in response to a measure of a patient's neural respiratory drive multiplied by an amplification factor, wherein an existing predicted ventilatory assist pressure is calculated and an existing resulting pressure delivered to the patient by the mechanical ventilator is measured. The amplification factor is changed from an existing amplification factor to a new amplification factor, a new predicted ventilatory assist pressure is calculated using the new amplification factor, and a new resulting pressure delivered to the patient by the mechanical ventilator after the amplification factor has been changed is measured. The new and existing predicted ventilatory assist pressures are compared to determine an anticipated change in pressure that will be delivered to the patient, and the new and existing resulting pressures are compared to determine an actual change in pressure delivered to the patient by the mechanical ventilator. The anticipated and actual changes in pressure are compared and a decision to increase, maintain or decrease the amplification factor is delivered in response to the comparison between the anticipated change and the actual change in pressure. | 01-12-2012 |
