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DEVICE FOR COMBINED MONITORING AND STIMULATION OF RESPIRATION

  • US 3,802,417 A
  • Filed: 09/03/1971
  • Issued: 04/09/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1968
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for automatically monitoring and stimulating respiration, the device comprising:

  • means for directly monitoring respiratory activity via the respiratory tract;

    said means including at least one sensor means for converting the monitored respiratory activity into electrical signals indicative of the respiration frequency;

    electronic counter means said at least one sensor means for counting the electrical signals generated by said sensor and for issuing a signal when a predetermined number of electrical signals have been counted;

    an alarm relay;

    first integrating timing means for receiving the signals issued by said electronic counter means and for triggering said alarm relay in the event that no signal is received from said counter means within a predetermined time period; and

    respiration stimulator means activated by said alarm relay upon the triggering thereof for automatically reestablishing respiration.

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