Ventilator triggering device
First Claim
1. A connector for connecting a ventilator to a patient, the connector comprising:
- a chamber; and
a two-way check valve, the two-way check valve having an inhalation check valve and an exhalation check valve wherein the volume of the chamber is between about 1.0 cm3 to 1.3 cm3.
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Abstract
An improved device for providing a patient triggered breath to a patient including a ventilator having one tube that supplies a flow of a gas and another tube that delivers gas to an exhalation valve, an endo-tracheal tube that is in communication with the lungs of the patient, and a connector for connecting the supply tube from the ventilator to the endo-trachael tube. The connector has a chamber and a two-way check valve, the two-way check valve having an inhalation check valve and an exhalation check valve. The wall of the connector may further include an opening for connection to a pressure transducer. The volume of the chamber of the connector is between about 1.0 cm3 to 1.3 cm3 and the exhalation valve is selectively moved from its opened position to its closed position when the pressure transducer senses a reduction in pressure within the chamber of between about 0.25 cm of water and 2.0 cm of water and wherein the exhalation valve is moved from its closed position to it opened position after a predetermined amount of time.
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18 Claims
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1. A connector for connecting a ventilator to a patient, the connector comprising:
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a chamber; and
a two-way check valve, the two-way check valve having an inhalation check valve and an exhalation check valve wherein the volume of the chamber is between about 1.0 cm3 to 1.3 cm3. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A ventilator trigger device for detecting the initiation of a patient effort breath comprising:
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a chamber having a volume of between about 1.0 cm3 to 1.3 cm3;
a two-way check valve, the two-way check valve having an inhalation check valve and an exhalation check valve, the cracking pressure of the inhalation check valve being between about 2 to 2.5 cm of water and the cracking pressure of the exhalation check valve being between about 2 to 2.5 cm of water. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A device for providing a patient triggered breath to a patient'"'"'s lungs comprising:
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a ventilator having at least one tube that supplies a flow of a gas;
an endo-tracheal tube that is adapted to be in communication with the lungs of the patient;
an exhalation valve;
at least one exhalation tube that is adapted to deliver gas from the patient'"'"'s lungs to the exhalation valve;
a connector for connecting the supply tube from the ventilator to the endo-tracheal tube, the connector having a chamber, and having a two-way check valve, the two-way check valve having an inhalation check valve and an exhalation check valve. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for providing a patient with a patient triggered breath from a ventilator comprising:
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(1) providing a ventilator having one tube that supplies a flow of a gas and another tube that delivers gas to an open exhalation valve;
(2) providing an endo-tracheal tube that is in communication with the lungs of the patient;
(3) providing a connector for connecting the supply tube from the ventilator to the endo-trachael tube, the connector having a chamber, and having a two-way check valve, the two-way check valve having an inhalation check valve and an exhalation check valve, the exhalation and inhalation check valves being closed prior to the patient initiating a patient effort breath;
(4) sensing a pressure change within the chamber of the connector with a pressure transducer of between about 0.25 cm of water and 2.0 cm of water at the initiation of a patient effort breath;
(5) closing the exhalation valve, thereby causing the inhalation valve to open, thereby causing the gas flowing from the ventilator to enter the endo-tracheal tube;
(6) waiting a predetermined time;
(7) re-opening the exhalation valve after the predetermined time, thereby permitting the gas flowing from the ventilator to be exhausted through the exhalation valve;
(8) waiting as the patient exhales the gas within their lungs, thereby causing the exhalation check valve to open and exhaust the exhaled gases through the opened exhalation valve;
(9) repeating steps 4 through 8.
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