Method and apparatus for changing the concentration of a target gas at the blood compartment of a patient's lung during artificial ventilation
CA 2605950 C · Owner: Boehm, Stephan · Inventors: Manegold, Christoph; Boehm, Stephan; Tusman, Gerardo
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The invention refers to a method and an apparatus for changing the concentration of a target gas at the blood compartment of a patient's lung from an actual target gas concentration to a desired target gas concentration during artificial ventilation with an inspiratory gas composition by a respirator being controlled via a set of ventilation parameters. In order to decrease the negative effects of general anaesthesia during artificial ventilation even further, the method according to the invention comprises the following steps: a) ventilating the lung in a first ventilation stage and b) , ventilating the lung in a second ventilation stage in which alveolar recruitment is promoted.
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- Filed April 22, 2005 and granted June 11, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 22, 2025.
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