Respiratory booster machine and method for enhancing ventilation
First Claim
1. A respiratory booster machine to improve respiration of one or more respiratory gases by a living subject having a respiratory gas exchange between alveoli and capillaries in one or more lungs, said respiratory booster machine comprising:
- an acoustic signal generator configured to generate an acoustic signal; and
an acoustic signal transmitter operatively connected to said acoustic signal generator and in communication with said one or more respiratory gases to transmit said acoustic signal into said one or more respiratory gases prior to said respiratory gas exchange between the alveoli and capillaries in said one or more lungs.
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Abstract
The respiratory booster machine is configured to generate and transmit particularly designed and timely delivered vibrations to the lungs of a subject to improve ventilation, augment diffusion of gases across alveolar membrane, facilitate pulmonary blood perfusion, prevent focal alveolar collapse, and enhance effective expectoration. The machine has an acoustic signal generator having modulated wave-generating circuitry and an acoustic signal transmitter having an electro-acoustic transducer. Vibrations from the acoustic signal are induced into the subject'"'"'s air stream, in one embodiment by a specially designed tube system, and then transmitted to a subject'"'"'s airways via any type of endotracheal tube, respiratory mask, nasal prong, or directly through the chest wall. Acoustic signal receivers connected to a computer receive and analyze the effect of the vibrations on the subject. The machine can be used independently or in combination and cooperatively with any type of ventilator machine, either conventional or high frequency.
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55 Claims
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1. A respiratory booster machine to improve respiration of one or more respiratory gases by a living subject having a respiratory gas exchange between alveoli and capillaries in one or more lungs, said respiratory booster machine comprising:
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an acoustic signal generator configured to generate an acoustic signal; and
an acoustic signal transmitter operatively connected to said acoustic signal generator and in communication with said one or more respiratory gases to transmit said acoustic signal into said one or more respiratory gases prior to said respiratory gas exchange between the alveoli and capillaries in said one or more lungs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A respiratory booster machine for use with a patient ventilating circuit having a ventilator connected to a source of one or more respiratory gases to provide a gas stream to a patient with one or more ventilation tubes interconnecting said ventilator and said patient, said respiratory booster machine comprising:
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an acoustic signal generator configured to generate an acoustic signal; and
an acoustic signal transmitter operatively connected to said acoustic signal generator and said patient ventilating circuit, said acoustic signal transmitter configured to induce said acoustic signal into said one or more respiratory gases prior to delivery of said gas stream to said patient. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A ventilation apparatus for artificial respiration of a patient, said ventilation apparatus comprising:
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a ventilator connected to a source of one or more respiratory gases to provide a gas stream to said patient through one or more ventilation tubes interconnecting said ventilator and said patient, said ventilator having an acoustic signal generator for generating an acoustic signal and a computing means for analyzing the effect of said acoustic signal;
an acoustic signal transmitter operatively connected to said acoustic signal generator and configured to induce an acoustic signal from said acoustic signal generator into said respiratory gases prior to delivery of said gas stream to said patient; and
one or more acoustic signal receivers configured to be placed on or substantially adjacent said patient and configured to receive said acoustic signal in said patient, said one or more acoustic signal receivers operatively connected to said computing means. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of improving respiration of one or more respiratory gases by a living subject having a respiratory gas exchange between alveoli and capillaries in one or more lungs, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) generating an acoustic signal; and
b) inducing said acoustic signal into said one or more respiratory gases prior to said respiratory gas exchange between the alveoli and capillaries in said one or more lungs. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method of improved artificial respiration of a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a pressurized respiratory gas stream from a ventilator connected to a supply of one or more respiratory gases;
b) generating an acoustic signal;
c) inducing said acoustic signal into said pressurized respiratory gas stream;
d) delivering said pressurized respiratory gas stream with said acoustic signal to said patient;
e) monitoring said acoustic signal in said patient; and
f) analyzing said acoustic signal from said patient. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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