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US 10,245,399 B2Granted
Automated inspiratory muscle training for patients receiving mechanical ventilation
AssigneeUniversity of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsAnatole D. Martin, Michael J. Banner, Andrea Gabrielli, Neil Russell Euliano, II
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Abstract
A system and method for automated inspiratory muscle strength exercise includes software for setting a mechanical ventilator for a pressure regulated breath with an initial pressure target that is at the highest pressure setting a patient can tolerate and increasing the pressure target as tolerated.
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A system for automated inspiratory muscle strength training of a patient during mechanical ventilation comprising:
- a gas delivery device, wherein said gas delivery device comprises an inhalation assembly that provides breathing gas for inspiratory air flow during patient spontaneous inhalation and includes a valve that controls the breathing gas during a pre-determined number of the spontaneous inhalations;
- a control module configured to instruct the gas delivery device to control the breathing gas to maintain a pressure adapted to be below a baseline pressure of a mechanical ventilator during the pre-determined number of spontaneous inhalations;
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- a sensing assembly, operably connected to the control module, wherein the sensing assembly, through the operable connection to the control module, is configured to monitor the pressure and facilitate control of the gas delivery device to provide breathing gas for inspiratory air flow.
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