METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETECTING A LEAK IN ANESTHESIA SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for detecting a leak in an anesthesia system, the method comprising:
- controlling respiratory movements by means of ventilator gas flows;
measuring the ventilator gas flow added for an inspiration and removed for an expiration;
supplying a fresh gas flow for a respiration;
measuring the fresh gas flow added for the respiration;
receiving information indicative of the measured gas flows;
determining based on said received information both the gas volume added and the gas volume removed;
comparing these determined gas volumes to each other; and
determining based on comparing the anesthesia system leakage.
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Abstract
A method and arrangement for detecting a leak in an anesthesia system. The method includes controlling respiratory movements by means of ventilator gas flows and measuring the ventilator gas flow added for an inspiration and removed for an expiration. The method also includes supplying a fresh gas flow for a respiration and measuring the fresh gas flow added for the respiration. The method further includes receiving information indicative of the measured gas flows, determining based on said received information both the gas volume added and the gas volume removed and comparing these determined gas volumes to each other. The method also includes determining based on comparing the anesthesia system leakage.
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1. A method for detecting a leak in an anesthesia system, the method comprising:
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controlling respiratory movements by means of ventilator gas flows; measuring the ventilator gas flow added for an inspiration and removed for an expiration; supplying a fresh gas flow for a respiration; measuring the fresh gas flow added for the respiration; receiving information indicative of the measured gas flows; determining based on said received information both the gas volume added and the gas volume removed; comparing these determined gas volumes to each other; and determining based on comparing the anesthesia system leakage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An arrangement for detecting a leak in an anesthesia system, the arrangement comprising:
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a ventilator configured to control respiratory movements, including at least one flow sensor for measuring a ventilator gas flow added for an inspiration and removed for an expiration; a gas mixer for supplying a fresh gas flow for a respiration, including at least one flow sensor for measuring the fresh gas flow added; a breathing circuit configured to conduct an expiration gas flow to said ventilator and to conduct the fresh gas flow from said gas mixer for the respiration and to conduct the ventilator gas flow added for the inspiration; a leak analyzer configured to receive information indicative of the measured gas flows of said flow sensors, wherein the leak analyzer is configured to determine based on said information both the gas volume added and the gas volume removed and to compare these gas volumes to each other and to determine the anesthesia system leakage. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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