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7618235 Disposable spirometer with plastic injection moulded turbine  
A small dimension throwaway turbine device for checking the breathing flux, to be used in spirometric instruments, allowing an extreme simplification in project and realization, and comprises a...
7611472 Apnea monitor  
The present invention is an apnea monitor giving alarm when apnea occurs. It uses new designed gas flow sensor and gas differential flow sensor to detect actual airflow from patients nose and...
7513875 Method and system for managing mechanical respiratory ventilation  
A system and computer implemented method for operating a respiratory ventilator ventilating a subject. One or more body signals obtained from the subject indicative of the subject's ventilation are...
7485114 System and method for the central control of devices used during an operation  
The present invention relates to a system for the central control of devices ( 20, 52 ) used during an operation, comprising a first control unit ( 12 ) for control of said devices. The system is...
7207947 System and method for detecting circadian states using an implantable medical device  
Techniques are provided for detecting the circadian state of a patient using an implantable medical device based on selected blood carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) parameters. In one example, the implantable...
7055520 Device and method for detecting the flow of a gas  
A device for detecting the flow of a gas from an opening comprising a chamber with an inlet, the chamber carrying a pressure displaceable member with an inner face exposed to the interior of the...
6985078 Wearable life support apparatus and method  
A wearable life support apparatus worn by a user is disclosed. A physiological information acquirement unit acquires the user's physiological information. An action information acquirement unit...
6597939 Method and apparatus for coordinating an event to desired points in one or more physiological cycles  
The subject invention pertains to a novel method and apparatus for improving the efficacy of a medical treatment or diagnostic procedure by coordinating such treatment or procedure with at least...
6370419 Method and apparatus for triggering an event at a desired point in the breathing cycle  
The subject invention pertains to a novel method and apparatus for improving the efficacy of a medical treatment or diagnostic procedure by coordinating such treatment or procedure with a patient's...
6308705 Integrated lung therapy method  
In a lung therapy method, hyperpolarized gas is administered for one breath to a subject, and a magnetic resonance scan of at least one lung of the subject is conducted. The data obtained from the...
6126613 Device and method to measure inhalation and exhalation air flows  
A spirometer is provided which has an air flow path comprising a mouthpiece, filter (such as an air filter or biostatic filter), and an air pathway in which a multiblade transparent windmill rotor...
5868681 Device and a method for measuring the resistance of the respiratory tract  
A device for measuring the resistance of the respiratory tract with the interrupter method consists essentially of a housing (2) which comprises an air passage (3), and of a closing arrangement (5)...
5816242 Device for transmitting information via a patient tube in an intensive care or anesthetic machine  
In a device for transmitting information via a patient tube from a location near the patient to an intensive care or anesthetic machine, at least one signal source is arranged at one end portion of...
5816246 Electronic pocket spirometer  
This invention relates generally to instrumentation for pulmonary monitoring and diagnosis and particularly to a compact, hand held, battery powered spirometer, measuring and monitoring expiratory...
5743270 Resistive element for spirometer  
The present air tubes include a resistive element which is located in the hollow space of the tubular portion. This resistive element is adapted for providing a linear resistance-versus-pressure...
5732709 System for monitoring and reporting medical measurements  
A system for monitoring and reporting medical information includes a stand-alone monitor for storing data records comprising measured values and time stamps and for transmitting the records to a...
5715831 Calibrated air tube for spirometer  
The present air tubes include a resistive element which is located in the hollow space of the tubular portion. This resistive element is adapted for providing a linear resistance-versus-pressure...
5613497 Miniature peak flow meter  
Miniature peak flow meter is compact, portable diagnostic device of beeper size. It consists of two bodies which create a curved cylinder inside which moves a rotational piston by means of...
5413112 Expiratory flow measuring device  
A device for measuring the maximum flow rate of a single forced expiration, comprises an elongated hollow body with inlet and outlet ends, a vane mounted to a shaft and rotatable within the body...
5383470 Portable spirometer  
The invention is a portable spirometer for measuring the respiration rate of a patient. In detail, the invention includes a housing having a top and bottom, and first and second ends with an air...
5320107 Spirometer with zone graph  
A spirometer for in-home use by an individual with a respiratory disorder such as asthma measures the individual's current lung expiratory peak flow rate and provides a means to compare the current...
5277195 Portable spirometer  
A portable hand-held spirometer capable of being accommodated in a pocket or handbag, comprising a chassis, an enclosed curved passageway in communication with the chassis including an inlet, for...
5158094 Turbine incentive spirometer  
An incentive spirometer that indicates the volume of air drawn therethrough is disclosed. The spirometer comprises a housing with a turbine rotatably mounted therein. The turbine is provided with a...
5103815 Personal airflow gage for a personal breathing supply of respirable quality air, and related accessories, including a two way communication system, used while working in contaminated air spaces  
Work persons, wearing clear hoods supplied with breathable air, performing tasks in contaminated spaces, are provided with an in line personal airflow gage. The breathable air passing through the...
5067494 Device for generating trigger signals for a medical apparatus dependent on the respiratory activity of a patient  
A device for generating trigger signals for a medical apparatus, used for diagnosis and/or therapy, based on the respiratory activity of a patient includes a spirometer with a measurement...
5003828 Flowmeter for gases  
A flowmeter for gases has a rotor between two stators which consist of deflection blades, and an otpical system for detecting the rotation of the rotor and converting it into an electrical output...
4679566 Apparatus for measuring pulse rate, vital capacity and pulmonary peak flow  
A portable instrument which enables a person to measure his pulse rate, vital capacity and/or pulmonary peak flow during exercise comprising a single small, portable case containing all the...
4671298 Isothermal rebreathing apparatus and method  
A isothermal rebreathing apparatus and method for collecting human breath samples for chemical analysis of the ethyl alcohol content wherein the breath samples are obtained from a subject...
4658832 Portable device for the survey of the breathing ventilation and of the oxygen consumption, connected by means of radio signals to a fixed reception and elaboration station  
A device for the survey of the breathing ventilation and oxygen consumption has a mask M, worn by the person being examined, a control modulus that realizes a sample method of the breathing volume...
4638812 Exhalation flow meter  
The present invention concerns a device for measuring the peak flow of a person's exhalation. The device comprises a frame structure which is provided with a mouth piece. Inside the frame...
4630614 Apnea monitoring apparatus  
A method and apparatus for monitoring a subject to detect the occurrence of apnea, wherein the respiration rate and amplitude of the subject is detected by a plurality of electrodes for a...
4598700 Apparatus for measuring pulse rate and pulmonary volume  
A portable apparatus which enables the user to measure his pulse rate and pulmonary volume during exercise comprises a single case equipped with a neck cord and comprising all of the elements...
4572209 Dynamic braked spirometer  
An improved spirometer is disclosed which permits more accurate measurement of the volume of air exhaled from the lungs of a patient. The improvement comprises flow-responsive means such as a pair...
4543095 Visual flow indicator  
The indicator includes a transparent hollow cylindrical chamber with co-linearly aligned inlet and outlet ports located at spaced points along the cylindrical wall, on opposite sides thereof. An...
4441505 Sensing device for human lung exhalation/inhalation air flow measurement  
A spirometer is provided having an air flow path with a housing extending between the ends of a container. A paddle wheel rotor rotates within a cavity and partially cuts across the flow path to...
4294262 Apparatus for monitoring respiratory performance  
A respirometer comprises a casing in which a circular chamber is formed. A rotor is mounted for rotation within the chamber and comprises vanes carried by a spindle. A circular wall of glass...
4287775 Fluid flow measuring apparatus  
An instrument comprises a rotor within a stator. The stator is mounted within a casing which forms a gallery which extends circumferentially around the stator, and an inlet which communicates with...
4282883 Spirometers  
A spirometer having a turbine transducer which includes a plurality of blades past which exhaled or inhaled air can be blown on sucked to cause a degree of rotation of the blades in proportion to...
4253468 Nebulizer attachment  
Two attachments are provided for a nebulizer which is used to administer a liquid medication in aerosol form to the respiratory tract of a patient by inhalation. One attachment is a reservoir which...
4144883 Spirometer  
The spirometer comprises a housing having walls defining a turbine chamber, an antechamber having a blow-in opening and having an annular portion around it and a plurality of passages extending...
4140106 Drunkometer  
A drunkometer in which the rate of airflow toward an alcohol vapor sensing device in an input channel is sensed mechanically or electrically, and a resulting flow signal is integrated. The...
4078554 Spirometric device  
A spirometric device for connection to the respiratory piping system of a patient and wherein a delivery pickup system is situatable on an exhalation branch of the system. The signals transmitted...
3949737 Spirometer  
A device for testing lung function has a body with two chambers axially separated by a partition. An impeller is rotatably mounted in a first one of the chambers on a shaft extending through the...
3924611 Spirometer and anenometer apparatus  
A spirometer and anemometer apparatus provided with a first chamber for measuring the respiratory rate in communication with a second chamber for measuring the volumes of consumed air. The chamber...
3797480 APPARATUS FOR INDICATING THE RATE OF FLUID FLOW  
Apparatus for indicating fluid flow rate which includes a thermistor carried by a mesh and arranged for connection in an electrical circuit including an indicating instrument, the time dependent...
3659589 SPIROGRAPH MOUTHPIECE  
A disposable mouthpiece for use with a spirometer and like instruments having an air conduit containing an impeller, which is supported within the conduit by a cap that also functions to...
3311109 Spirometer  
3250270 Device and method for measuring the calories an individual expends  
2837083 Spirometer  
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