Device for ventilating a patient and method for operating a device for ventilating a patient
AssigneeLinde Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsSyed Jafri, Wolfgang Schmehl
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to a device (1) for ventilating a patient, including an invasive mechanical ventilator (2) for periodically providing a breathing gas to an invasive patient interface (20), wherein a gas injector (4) for injecting nitric oxide supplied by a source of nitric oxide (3) into the breathing gas supplied by the invasive mechanical ventilator (2) is provided.
Claims16
Nitric oxide for the use in preventing ventilator associated pneumonia in an invasive mechanical ventilator.
Device (1) for ventilating a patient, including an invasive mechanical ventilator (2) for periodically providing a breathing gas to an invasive patient interface (20),
- characterized in that
- a gas injector (4) for injecting nitric oxide supplied by a source of nitric oxide (3) into the breathing gas supplied by the invasive mechanical ventilator (2) is provided.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.