Control of airway pressure during mechanical ventilation
First Claim
1. An endotracheal tube for patient ventilation and for measuring airway pressure comprising:
- an elongate wall enclosing and defining an unobstructed elongate passage for delivery of ventilating gas through an open end thereof to a patient airway, a chamber formed in said elongate wall adjacent said open end of said elongate passage, said chamber having a highly pliant exterior wall which permits airway pressure to be transmitted directly to the chamber, and a lumen formed in said elongate wall extending from said chamber to a location remote from said chamber connected at such a remote location to a pressure measuring apparatus for measuring airway pressure determined by movement of the exterior wall of said chamber causing compression and decompression of gas in said chamber in response to changes in airway pressure and the presence of gas in the lumen.
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Abstract
A endotracheal tube for patient ventilation is modified to permit measurement of pressure at the patient trachea by providing a chamber in the end of the ET tube to be located in the patient, airway. This chamber has a highly pliant external wall with a degree of redundancy and is connected to a pressure measuring device exterior of the patient by a lumen in the wall of the ET tube. In addition, apparatus for controlling airway pressure during exhalation comprises valve means connected via a first inlet to an exhalation tube from a patient airway, connected to a source of negative pressure through an outlet and having a second inlet with a variable flow control means for controlling the flow of gas therethrough. Gas pressure is controlled within the valve by varying the pressure gradient between the upstream and downstream sides of the second inlet so that it equals the pressure gradient between the patient airway and the downstream side of the second inlet.
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8 Claims
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1. An endotracheal tube for patient ventilation and for measuring airway pressure comprising:
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an elongate wall enclosing and defining an unobstructed elongate passage for delivery of ventilating gas through an open end thereof to a patient airway, a chamber formed in said elongate wall adjacent said open end of said elongate passage, said chamber having a highly pliant exterior wall which permits airway pressure to be transmitted directly to the chamber, and a lumen formed in said elongate wall extending from said chamber to a location remote from said chamber connected at such a remote location to a pressure measuring apparatus for measuring airway pressure determined by movement of the exterior wall of said chamber causing compression and decompression of gas in said chamber in response to changes in airway pressure and the presence of gas in the lumen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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