Artificial ventilation mask with PPCO.sub.2 reducer and/or epinephrine source in mask
OwnerAhamed H. Idrisinventor
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Abstract
A mask for artificial ventilation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation is disclosed and claimed. The mask comprises a compartment which contains a material that alters the composition of the gas which is exhaled by the rescuer into the victim. The mask also provides a physical barrier between the victim and rescuer to aid in preventing the transmission of disease.
Claims13
A mask for artificial ventilation or cardiopulmonary resuscitation to deliver exhaled gas from a rescuer to a victim, wherein said mask comprises:
- (a) a barrier piece to cover the mouth, or the nose and mouth, of the victim,
- (b) a gas delivery tube, and;
- (c) a compartment comprises a material which is able to alter the chemical composition of the delivered gas, wherein said compartment comprises a chemical cartridge, said chemical cartridge having an outer perimeter shape approximating an inner shape of said mask juxtaposed to said gas delivery tube, said chemical compartment positioned within said mask juxtaposed to said gas delivery tube;
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- (d) a means for a rescuer to exhale gas into said gas delivery tube, while said mask is covering a mouth, or nose and mouth, of a victim, such that the gas can enter the upper respiratory tract and lungs of said victim,
- wherein said compartment is positioned such that gas exhaled by the rescuer into said gas delivery tube contacts said gas-altering material before entering the upper respiratory tract and lungs of a victim;
- and wherein the material within said compartment alters the composition of said delivered gas by decreasing the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in said gas.
A compartment which can be fitted into or onto a mask for use in artificial ventilation or cardiopulmonary resuscitation wherein said compartment encloses a material which can alter the chemical composition of a gas exhaled by a rescuer, wherein said material alters the chemical composition of the gas by adding a medicament to the gas.
A method for administering a exhaled gas into the upper respiratory tract and lungs of a victim who is having trouble breathing or who has stopped breathing wherein said method comprises providing a mask for artificial ventilation or cardiopulmonary resuscitation to deliver exhaled gas from a rescuer to a victim, wherein said mask comprises:
- (a) a barrier piece to cover the mouth, or the nose and mouth, of the victim,
- (b) a gas delivery tube, and;
- (c) a compartment comprising a material which is able to alter the chemical composition of the delivered gas, wherein said compartment comprises a chemical cartridge, said chemical cartridge having an outer perimeter shape approximately an inner shape of said mask juxtaposed to said gas delivery tube, said chemical compartment positioned within said mask juxtaposed to said gas delivery tube;
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- (d) a means for a rescuer to exhale gas into said gas delivery tube, while said mask is covering a mouth, or nose and mouth, of a victim such that the gas can enter the upper respiratory tract and lungs of said victim,
- wherein said compartment is positioned such that gas exhaled by the rescuer into said gas delivery tube contacts said gas-altering material before entering the upper respiratory tract and lungs of a victim;
- and wherein the material within said compartment alters the composition of said delivered gas by decreasing the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in said gas, and wherein said method further comprises exhalation, by a rescuer, into said mask, which mask directs said exhaled gas into the upper respiratory tract and lungs of a victim wherein said gas exhaled by a rescuer contacts said material which alters the chemical composition of said exhaled gas by decreasing the partial pressure of carbon dioxide.
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