Capnometer
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1. A capnometer comprising:
- an airway adaptor for passing respiratory gas therethrough;
a detecting portion having a light source for irradiating infrared radiation and an infrared radiation detector for detecting the infrared radiation that has passed through the respiratory gas;
a detaching mechanism for detachably mounting said airway adaptor to said detecting portion,a monitor body, having a display surface for indicating the concentration of a respiratory carbon dioxide gas, for measuring the concentration of respiratory carbon dioxide gas by receiving a signal from said detecting portion,wherein said detecting portion is mounted onto said monitor body forming one unit, and wherein an angle is defined between a channel of said airway adaptor and said display surface of said monitor body while said airway adaptor is mounted to said detecting portion.
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Abstract
A capnometer includes an airway adaptor for letting a respiratory gas pass therethrough, a light source for holding the airway adaptor and irradiating with infrared radiations the respiratory gas passing through the airway adaptor, a detecting portion having an infrared radiation detector for detecting the infrared radiations that have passed through the respiratory gas, and a monitor body for measuring the concentration of respiratory carbon dioxide gas by receiving a signal from the detecting portion, wherein an angle is defined between the channel of the airway adaptor and a display surface of the monitor body.
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1. A capnometer comprising:
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an airway adaptor for passing respiratory gas therethrough; a detecting portion having a light source for irradiating infrared radiation and an infrared radiation detector for detecting the infrared radiation that has passed through the respiratory gas; a detaching mechanism for detachably mounting said airway adaptor to said detecting portion, a monitor body, having a display surface for indicating the concentration of a respiratory carbon dioxide gas, for measuring the concentration of respiratory carbon dioxide gas by receiving a signal from said detecting portion, wherein said detecting portion is mounted onto said monitor body forming one unit, and wherein an angle is defined between a channel of said airway adaptor and said display surface of said monitor body while said airway adaptor is mounted to said detecting portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A capnometer comprising:
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an airway adaptor for passing respiratory gas therethrough; a detecting portion having a light source for irradiating infrared radiation and an infrared radiation detector for detecting the infrared radiation that has passed through the respiratory gas; a detaching mechanism for detachably mounting said airway adaptor to said detecting portion, wherein said detaching mechanism comprises; an elastic member having at least one bilateral pair of pawls, said elastic member being integral with an outer periphery of said airway adaptor, and at least one pair of retaining parts provided near a cutaway portion into which said airway adaptor formed in said detecting portion is fitted and so arranged in said detecting portion as to retain said elastic member; wherein said pawls are pushed undergoing elastic inward deformation by said retaining parts, and then undergoing elastic outward deformation after clamping over said retaining parts due to elastic force when said airway adaptor is inserted into said detecting portion. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A capnometer comprising:
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an airway adaptor for passing respiratory gas therethrough; a detecting portion having a light source for irradiating infrared radiation and an infrared radiation detector for detecting the infrared radiation that has passed through the respiratory gas; a detaching mechanism for detachably mounting said airway adaptor to said detecting portion, wherein said detaching mechanism comprises; an elastic member having at least one bilateral pair of pawls, said elastic member being integral with an outer periphery of said airway adaptor, and at least one pair of retaining parts provided near a cutaway portion into which said airway adaptor formed in said detecting portion is fitted and so arranged in said detecting portion as to retain said elastic member; wherein said pawls are pushed undergoing elastic outward deformation by said retaining parts, and then undergoing elastic inward deformation after clamping over said retaining parts due to elastic force when said airway adaptor is inserted into said detecting portion. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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