US 2007/0181122 A1Published application

Intubation positioning, breathing facilitator and non-invasive assist ventilation device

OwnerJan Mulierinventor

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Abstract

This invention can be used in three different ways for patients who are lying down in bed or on the operating table. First it facilitates the endotracheal intubation, secondly it facilitates the spontaneous breathing of obese patients and thirdly it assists the spontaneous inspiration and expiration in a non-invasive way. This invention device is positioned under the patient before he is asleep without disturbing him. It allows a gradual elevation of the lower and or upper thorax, a gradual elevation of the head giving a flexion of the neck and a gradual hyperextension of the head. After intubation the position is returned to normal without need for removing the invention device. This invention elevates the spinal column and therefore the thorax is no more compressed and the ribs can move free. Inspiration requires less force and the patient can be breathing easier even when lying down. In this invention the spinal column elevation can also be inflated in a synchronized way with the respiration of the patient. During inspiration the spinal column is elevated, facilitating the inspiration. During expiration the elevation is lowered, facilitating the expiration. The work of breathing is reduced for the patient resulting in larger minute volume ventilation or less oxygen consumption.

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An intubation support, breathing facilitator and non-invasive assist ventilator apparatus

that first supports, elevates and tilt the spinal column and the head for aiding in aligning an individual's oral, pharyngeal, laryngeal and tracheal axes for facilitating the endotracheal intubation during anaesthesia induction,
that secondly supports and elevates the spinal column for aiding the patient in breathing spontaneously and that thirdly elevates the spinal column repetitively in synchrony with the spontaneous ventilation and thereby assist the ventilation in a non-invasive way.
An intubation support, breathing facilitator and non-invasive assist ventilator, comprising two independent gradual inflatable balloons,
the first balloon positioned under the thoracic spinal column and the second balloon positioned under the head,
a pressure monitorthat allows to read the pressure inside the two balloons independently,
a manual or an electric air pump and controller that allows to inflate the two balloons independently,
a respiratory monitor that allows to measure the beginning of a spontaneous inspiration and expiration and
a large tube connection on the first balloon that supports the spinal column and is connected to
a high pressure ventilator that can be triggered by the respiratory monitor or works independently at a fixed frequency and volume or pressure.

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