Methods, apparatus and systems for monitoring co2
AssigneeOridion Medical 1987 Ltd.
InventorsJoshua Lewis Colman, Iris Shalev Stein
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Abstract
There is provided herein methods, apparatus and systems for evaluating carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in a subject's breath, for example in subjects ventilated with High Frequency Ventilation (HFV), the method includes inserting to a trachea of a subject an endotrachial tube (ETT), sampling breath from an area in the trachea located in proximity to a distal end of the endotrachial tube (ETT) and evaluating one or more CO2 related parameters of the sampled breath.
Claims13
A double lumen endotracheal tube (ETT) comprising a main endotracheal tube and a second endotracheal tube, wherein a distal opening of the second endotracheal tube is located inside the main endotracheal tube and proximal to a distal opening thereof.
A breath sampling system comprising:
- a double lumen endotracheal tube (ETT) comprising a main endotracheal tube and a second endotracheal tube, wherein a distal opening of the second endotracheal tube is located inside the main endotracheal tube and proximal to a distal opening thereof;
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- an airway adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.