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7434578 |
Methods of achieving lung volume reduction with removable anchored devices
A method of reducing the size of a lung by collapsing a target section of the lung includes delivering within a lung air passageway leading to the target section an intra-bronchial device. The...
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7428902 |
Humidifier system for artificial respiration
A humidifier system for heating and humidifying respiratory gases has a housing with an inner chamber, a first port at the first end for connection to a ventilator breathing circuit and a second...
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7426929 |
Intra/extra-thoracic collateral ventilation bypass system and method
A long term oxygen therapy system having an oxygen supply directly linked with a patient's lung or lungs may be utilized to more efficiently treat hypoxia caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary...
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7424889 |
Carbon dioxide absorber canister attachment
An interface mechanism is provided that removably unites a carbon dioxide absorption canister with a patient breathing circuit on a ventilator. The interface mechanism includes a cradle that is...
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7418859 |
Device for measuring a volume flow with inductive coupling
A device for measuring a volume flow, especially a tidal volume flow sensor, with a flow channel ( 1 ) and with a sensor element ( 6 ) arranged within the flow channel ( 1 ), is shown and...
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7418962 |
Inhaler for aerosol medication
The inhaler for aerosol medication is an inhaler having a recirculation chamber or rebreather. The inhaler has an aerosol holding chamber having an inlet end for attaching a holder for aerosol...
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7412977 |
Methods and devices for inducing collapse in lung regions fed by collateral pathways
Disclosed are methods and devices for regulating fluid flow in one or more lung regions that are supplied fluid through one or more collateral pathways. An identified region of the lung is targeted...
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7406963 |
Variable resistance pulmonary ventilation bypass valve and method
A collateral ventilation bypass trap system directly linked with a patient's lung or lungs may be utilized to increase the expiratory flow from the diseased lung or lungs, thereby treating one...
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7367335 |
Therapeutic agent delivery device and method
A method of delivering a particulate therapeutic agent is disclosed. Such a method may include providing a carbon dioxide scrubber in pneumatic communication with the respiratory system of a...
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7363926 |
Apparatus and methods for treating sleep apnea
An apparatus and methods for treating sleep apnea and/or snoring are provided. The apparatus includes an appliance sized and structured to be placed in the pharyngeal region of a human or animal....
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7363925 |
Gas-treatment devices
An HME for a tracheostomy tube has a flexible outer housing of a gas-permeable material containing an HME element of discrete particles, granules or the like of a hygroscopic material. The...
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7353824 |
Self contained breathing apparatus control system for atmospheric use
An electronic controller having at least one microprocessor controls the solenoid operated valve adding oxygen to the breathing loop of a closed circuit mixed gas rebreather with carbon dioxide...
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7343915 |
Apparatus and method for self-induced cough cardiopulmonary resuscitation
A apparatus and method for self-treatment of cardiac arrhythmia by a patient, comprising a container sized to be portable by the patient and having therein a chamber containing a medicament...
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7341061 |
Tracheostomy system
A tracheostomy system includes an outer multi-layered tube, which can be expanded or allowed to contract as necessary in order to receive various sizes of cannula tubes. A dilator is used to...
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7337776 |
Methods for easing pain and anxiety from atrial or ventricular defibrillation
Methods for easing a patient's pain and anxiety from atrial or ventricular defibrillation are disclosed. The methods include causing the patient to inhale a medical gas prior to activation of a...
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7337780 |
Nasal and oral cannula breathing detection device
A cannula comprising a main body which defines an internal chamber therein. A first and second nasal prongs, respectively, communicate with the internal chamber to define first and second nasal...
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7334581 |
Methods and devices for improving breathing in patients with pulmonary disease
Methods, apparatus, and kits for enhancing breathing in patients suffering from chronic pulmonary obstructive disease are described. The methods and apparatus rely on increasing flow resistance to...
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7331342 |
Oxygen humidifier
An apparatus and method for separating breathable oxygen gas from a source of gas and then humidifying the oxygen gas while preventing over humidification of the oxygen gas, the apparatus...
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7328698 |
Intraoral apparatus for enhancing airway patency
An apparatus for selectively positioning intraoral anatomic features of a human patient to enhance upper airway stability for use alone or in combination with positive airway pressure as...
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7325545 |
System and method for the automatic detection of the expiratory flow limitation
The present invention refers to a system and a method for the automatic detection of the expiratory flow limitation of a subject. In an embodiment thereof the system for the automatic detection of...
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7322350 |
Compressed air supply system for a compressed air respiratory device
In a compressed air breathing apparatus, a single combined high/medium-pressure line ( 8 ) consisting of a medium-pressure hose and a coaxial, flexible high-pressure line inside said hose is...
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7322356 |
Combination sleep apnea treatment
A method for treating a patient diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea includes identifying a patient as having sleep apnea susceptible to a first positive airway treatment which is at a first...
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7320447 |
Breather hose supporting apparatus
A hose guide includes a base plate that has top and bottom surfaces. The top surface includes a fastening member. The bottom surface includes guides extending downward therefrom. One guide has an...
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7320319 |
Medicant delivery system and method
A tracheal tube positioning apparatus is located relative to a patient's trachea by engaging the patient's Adam's apple. Indicia on relatively movable sections of the positioning apparatus provides...
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7302295 |
Method and apparatus for mimicking respiratory sinus arrhythmia with cardiac pacing controlled via external respiration therapy device
Methods and systems involve adjusting cardiac pacing based on information acquired via a respiratory therapy device. A medical system includes a respiratory therapy device having one or more...
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7298280 |
Lighted fluid flow indication apparatus
A fluid flow indication apparatus is provided for monitoring and giving an indication of fluid flow.
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7275534 |
Medicament ejector with ejection port servicing
A medicament ejector is provided which includes an ejection mechanism and a service mechanism. The ejection mechanism includes at least one ejection port configured to eject a medicament-containing...
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7263993 |
Method of use of gas mixtures to achieve washout of nitrogen from the body and mitochondria
The disclosure details methods and gas mixtures which are useful for washing nitrogen out of the body and mitochondria following acute cerebrovascular accidents (strokes) and allow the reuptake of...
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7249617 |
Vehicle mounted compressed air distribution system
A pressurized gas system controls a gas flow from one or more gas pressure storage vessels by means of an electronically controlled electro-mechanical shut-off valve located in close proximity to...
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7244235 |
Split-night sleep diagnostic system
A split-night sleep diagnostic system is provided for diagnosing and treating sleep apnea in a single night. The diagnostic system includes a blower, a respiratory interface and a conduit connected...
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7235222 |
Process for treating waste anesthetic gas
To provide a process and an apparatus for treating a waste anesthetic gas containing a volatile anesthetic and nitrous oxide discharged from an operating room by introducing the gas into an...
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7222622 |
Gas-dispensing device with self-contained gas container having a diffusion membrane
A gas-dispensing device ( 2 ) for dispensing a gas into breathing gas, comprising a membrane ( 6 ) through which the gas can diffuse into the breating gas, is described. The gas-dispensing device (...
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7195017 |
Collateral ventilation bypass trap system
A long term oxygen therapy system having an oxygen supply directly linked with a patients lung or lungs may be utilized to more efficiently treat hypoxia caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary...
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7195016 |
Transtracheal oxygen stent
An apparatus and method for implanting a surgical apparatus including a first flange having an opening, a second flange having an opening, and a shaft having a lumen connecting the first and second...
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7195018 |
Adjustable support system for nasal breathing devices
Two nasal breathing devices are supplied with continuous positive airway pressure for alleviation of sleep apnea. The two nasal breathing devices are each supported on a spiral flexible supply...
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7188621 |
Portable ventilator system
A portable ventilator uses a ROOTS-type blower as a compressor to reduce both the size and power consumption of the ventilator. Various functional aspects of the ventilator are delegated to...
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7186958 |
Inhaler
There is an apparatus having a housing, a heating element, a heating element switch, a heating chamber, a heating chamber cover, and a controller. The housing is handheld. The heating element is...
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7182082 |
Respiratory therapy device for keeping free natural respiratory tract of a human body and the use thereof in order to prevent the sound of snoring
In order to treat snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, the inner respiratory tract is subjected to atmospheric pressure and the outer surrounding area of the respiratory tract is subjected to...
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7175645 |
Nasal support device for domestic mammals and method
The present disclosure provides a device and method for facilitating air flow in the nasal passage of a domestic animal. The nasal support device (NSD) disclosed herein is useful for facilitating...
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7172557 |
Spirometer, display and method
A spirometer coupled to a manual resuscitator. An air tube in the spirometer has a converging section, a laminar flow section and a pressure recovery section. A microcontroller and a display of...
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7156099 |
Nostril filtering system
A nostril filtering system is described for providing clean, filtered air for breathing in through the nose. The filtering system includes a soft, pliable filter material held in a flexible frame...
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7155388 |
Method and apparatus for characterizing inhalation noise and calculating parameters based on the characterization
A method for characterizing inhalation noise within a pressurized air delivery system, the method including the steps of: generating an inhalation noise model ( 912, 1012 ) based on inhalation...
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7146976 |
Nasal cannula retainer
A nasal cannula apparatus is provided for use by patients desiring a comfortable arrangement. The nasal cannula apparatus is particularly suited for long-term oxygen users, for extended wear in...
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7134434 |
Pressure support system and method and a pressure control valve for use in such a system and method
A pressure support system having enhanced noise reduction and a valve assembly for use in pressure support system. The pressure support system includes a pressure generator having an inlet and an...
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7118608 |
Self-powered, wearable personal air purifier
A self-powered, personally wearable air purifier includes a sequence of packed bed filter media packets having filter media therein of specifically targeted types that will absorb those ambient air...
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7114495 |
Nasal strip with variable spring rate
A nasal dilator capable of introducing separating stresses in nasal outer wall tissues has a truss of a single body with a resilient member secured therein and a pair of spaced-apart end surfaces...
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7115250 |
Delivery of erectile dysfunction drugs through an inhalation route
The present invention relates to the delivery of erectile dysfunction drugs through an inhalation route. Specifically, it relates to aerosols containing erectile dysfunction drugs that are used in...
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7108666 |
Method and apparatus for performing a forced expiratory maneuver in an infant
Disclosed is a method and device for performing forced expiratory maneuver in an infant to assess the infant's pulmonary function. Under this method, the infant's lungs are synchronously inflated...
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7108198 |
Nasal aromatherapy dispenser clip
An intra nasal dispenser clip for aromatherapy and for dispensing fragrances or aromatically odorous medicine includes a bendable arcuate band extending between distal ends. The ends have a pair of...
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7108847 |
Delivery of muscle relaxants through an inhalation route
The present invention relates to the delivery of muscle relaxants through an inhalation route. Specifically, it relates to aerosols containing muscle relaxants that are used in inhalation therapy....
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