Portable drag compressor powered mechanical ventilator
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A ventilator device and system comprising a rotating compressor, preferably a drag compressor, which, at the beginning of each inspiratory ventilation phase, is accelerated to a sufficient speed to deliver the desired inspiratory gas flow, and is subsequently stopped or decelerated to a basal flow level to permit the expiratory ventilation phase to occur. The ventilator device is small and light weight enough to be utilized in portable applications. The ventilator device is power efficient enough to operate for extended periods of time on internal or external batteries. Also provided is an oxygen blending apparatus which utilizes solenoid valves having specific orifice sizes for blending desired amounts of oxygen into the inspiratory gas flow. Also provided is an exhalation valve having an exhalation flow transducer which incorporates a radio frequency data base to provide an attendant controller with specific calibration information for the exhalation flow transducer.
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100 Claims
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97. A ventilator for ventilating lungs of a mammal, said ventilator comprising:
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a) a compressor having a gas inflow for delivering gas into said compressor and a gas outflow for delivering gas from said compressor; and
i) a motor-driven rotor mounted within said compressor, wherein when said rotor is rotated, gas within said compressor will be compressed and expelled through said outflow as lung inspiratory gas; and
b) a controller to intermittently accelerate and decelerate the rotation of said rotor to thereby deliver discrete periods of inspiratory gas flow at a desired flow rate and pressure through said outflow.
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98. A ventilator for ventilating lungs of a mammal, said ventilator comprising:
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a) i) a compressor having a gas inflow passageway and a gas outflow passageway; and
ii) a rotor mounted within said compressor, wherein when said rotor is rotated in a first direction, gas drawn through said gas inflow passageway is compressed and expelled through said outflow passageway as lung inspiratory gas;
b) an oxygen blending apparatus in communication with the gas inflow passageway for blending oxygen with ambient air entering the gas inflow passageway to thereby provide oxygen-enriched air within said compressor for subsequent compression and expulsion through said gas outflow passageway; and
c) a controller apparatus to intermittently accelerate and decelerate the rotation of said rotor to thereby deliver discrete periods of inspiratory gas flow at a desired flow rate and pressure through said gas outflow passageway.
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99. A compressor ventilator for ventilating lungs of a mammal, said ventilator comprising:
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a) a compressor having a gas inflow passageway and a gas outflow passageway; and
b) a controller to intermittently accelerate and decelerate the compressor to thereby deliver discrete periods of inspiratory gas flow at a desired flow rate and pressure through said gas outflow passageway.
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100. A compressor ventilator device for delivering inspiratory gas flow to a mammal, said device comprising:
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a) a compressor having an intake port and an outflow port;
b) an inspiratory gas flow passageway for carrying gas from the outflow port of the compressor to the mammal during an inspiratory phase of a ventilation cycle;
c) a motor for accelerating said compressor at the beginning of the inspiratory phase of the ventilation cycle to deliver inspiratory gas through said inspiratory gas flow passageway; and
d) a controller for controlling said compressor during the inspiratory phase of the ventilation cycle to maintain a desired inspiratory flow rate and for decelerating said compressor at the end of the inspiratory phase of the ventilation cycle.
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