Apparatus and method for improved assisted ventilation
AssigneeCoLabs Medical, Inc.
InventorClay Nolan
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Abstract
Devices and methods for allowing for improved assisted ventilation of a patient. The methods and devices provide a number of benefits over conventional approaches for assisted ventilation. For example, the methods and devices described herein permit blind insertion of a device that can allow ventilation regardless of whether the device is positioned within a trachea or an esophagus. In addition, the methods and device allow for timed delivery of ventilations based on a condition of a thoracic cavity to increase the amount and efficiency of blood flow during a resuscitation procedure.
Claims7
A method for ventilating in an individual and increasing an efficiency of a chest compression, the method comprising:
- inserting a device within a respiratory opening of the individual, the device having a working portion for positioning within a body passageway of the individual, the device having a pressure lumen exposed at the working portion;
- detecting a pressure change within the body passageway using the pressure lumen;
- delivering a bolus of air through the working portion to ventilate the individual;
- altering a timing of delivery of the bolus of air upon detecting the pressure change in the body passageway resulting from the chest compression to deliver a delayed bolus of air after the chest compression;
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- delivering the delayed bolus of air at a volume to re-expand a chest cavity of the individual and to assist in a recoil of the chest cavity to a greater volume, which increases an effectiveness of a subsequent chest compression and increases circulation of blood.
A method for ventilating in an individual and increasing an efficiency of a chest compression, the method comprising:
- inserting a device within a respiratory opening of the individual, the device having a working portion for positioning within a body passageway of the individual, the device having a pressure lumen exposed at the working portion;
- detecting a pressure change within the body passageway using the pressure lumen;
- delivering a bolus of air through the working portion to ventilate the individual;
- altering a timing of delivery of the bolus of air upon detecting the pressure change in the body passageway resulting from the chest compression to deliver a delayed bolus of air after the chest compression;
- and
- delivering the delayed bolus of air at a pressure to expand a chest cavity of the individual and to assist in a recoil of the chest cavity to a greater volume, which increases an effectiveness of a subsequent chest compression and increases circulation of blood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.