Medical gas recirculation system

A medical device ( 103 ) is supplied ( 105 ) with a gas mixture from a higher pressure section of a main circuit ( 102 ) in which medical gas recirculates though the higher pressure section and a lower pressure section. Decontaminated spent gas is returned to the lower pressure section of the main c...

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Main Authors STUART ALEXANDER KERR, NEIL ALEXANDER DOWNIE
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 31.01.2008
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DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY
DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Summary:A medical device ( 103 ) is supplied ( 105 ) with a gas mixture from a higher pressure section of a main circuit ( 102 ) in which medical gas recirculates though the higher pressure section and a lower pressure section. Decontaminated spent gas is returned to the lower pressure section of the main circuit Pressure in the higher pressure section is maintained by a pressure maintaining valve ( 141 ) and gas flow in the main circuit is maintained by a volume regulator ( 145 ) in the lower pressure section. The composition of the recirculating gas mixture is maintained by addition of respective feed gases in response to concentration and/or volume variation measurement. The method has particular application to the feed of a binary oxygen/xenon mixture to a cardiopulmonary bypass oxygenator or an artificial ventilator.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20030240993