Arrangement for passive gas sampling

• US 7,040,183 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2003
• Issued: 05/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Maquet Critical Care AB (Getinge AB)
• Original Assignee: Maquet Critical Care AB (Getinge AB)
• Inventors: Castor, Rolf, Hallbäck, Magnus
• Primary Examiner(s): NOLAND, THOMAS
• Application Number:
  US10/686,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20040093964A1
• Time in Patent Office: 936 Days
• Field of Search: 738/647.3, 738/634.1, 738/635.1, 738/635.7, 738/636.1, 738/64, 73/233, 600/532, 600/543, 128/204.22, 128/205.12
• US Class Current: 73/864.73
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/097 Devices for facilitating collection of breath or for directing breath into or through measuring devices
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 1/22 in the gaseous state specially adapted for biological material G01N33/497; measuring breath flow A61B5/087
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2001/2244 Exhaled gas, e.g. alcohol detecting

Abstract

An arrangement for passive gas sampling of a breathing gas in a breathing system allows sampling during both inspiration and expiration. The arrangement has a tube-piece having a first connector for receiving an inspiratory gas flow, a second connector for delivering an expiratory gas flow and a third connector for delivering the inspiratory gas flow and receiving the expiratory gas flow, a first port arranged between the second connector and the third connector and connected to a measurement chamber, a second port arranged between the first connector and the third connector and connected to the measurement chamber and a third port arranged between the first connector and the second connector and connected to the measurement chamber. The tube-piece is formed such that when an inspiratory flow passes through the tube-piece, a flow is established principally between the first port, the measurement chamber and the second port, and that when an expiratory flow passes through the tube-piece a flow is established principally between the third port, the measurement chamber and the first port.

Claims

1. An arrangement for passive gas sampling of a breathing gas in a breathing system, comprising:

a tube-piece having a first connector adapted to receive an inspiratory gas flow, a second connector adapted to deliver an expiratory gas flow, and a third connector adapted to deliver the inspiratory gas flow and to receive the expiratory gas flow;

a single measurement chamber associated with said tube-piece; and

said tube-piece further having a first port disposed between said second connector and said third connector and connected to, and permanently open to, said measurement chamber, a second port disposed between said first connector and said third connector and connected to, and permanently open to, said measurement chamber and a third port disposed between said first connector and said second connector and connected to, and permanently open to, said measurement chamber.

2. An arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said tube-piece has permenently existing flow paths therein repectively structurally configured to establish gas flow primarily between said first port and said measurement chamber and said second port when said inspiratory gas flow passes through said tube-piece, and to establish a gas flow primarily between said third port, said measurement chamber and said first port when said expiratory gas flow passes through said tube-piece.

3. An arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said tube-piece comprises a fourth port disposed between said second connector and said third connector and connected to said measurement chamber.

4. An arrangement as claimed in claim 3 wherein said tube-piece has permanetly existing flow paths therein to respectively structurally establish a gas flow primarily between said first port, said measurement chamber and said second port when said inspiratory gas flow passes through said tube-piece, and to establish a gas flow primarily between said third port, said measurement chamber and said fourth port when said expiratory gas flow passes through said tube-piece.

5. An arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said measurement chamber is cylindrical.