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Method for assessing pulmonary stress and breathing apparatus employing the method

  • US 6,533,730 B2
  • Filed: 12/15/2000
  • Issued: 03/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for assessing pulmonary stress, comprising the steps of:

  • connecting a respirating subject to an inspiration/expiration gas flow path;

    supplying respiratory gas to said subject'"'"'s respiratory system via said flow path;

    measuring pressure in relation to time in one of said respiratory system and said gas flow path; and

    assessing pulmonary stress of said subject by determining a profile of said pressure-time relationship of gas in said gas flow path.

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