Liquid ventilator system and use thereof
AssigneeSouth Alabama Medical Science Foundation
InventorJames C. Parker
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Abstract
The subject invention provides a liquid ventilator system which comprises a source of oxygenated liquid, an inspiratory conduit, a bifurcated bronchial tube, and a pump. The bifurcated bronchial tube has a left lumen for directing the flow of oxygenated liquid into the left primary bronchus of a subject, and a right lumen for directing the flow of oxygenated liquid into the right primary bronchus of a subject. The invention further provides a method for liquid ventilation of a subject using the system, as well as a method of increasing ventilation efficiency by continuous isovolumetric flow of oxygenated liquid into the bronchi of the subject.
Claims11
A liquid ventilator comprising:
- a source of oxygenated liquid;
- an inspiratory conduit having a first end connected to said source of oxygenated liquid and a second end;
- a bifurcated bronchial tube connected to the second end of said inspiratory conduit, said bifurcated bronchial tube having a left lumen for directing the flow of oxygenated liquid into a left primary bronchus of a subject and a right lumen for directing the flow of oxygenated liquid into a right primary bronchus of said subject;
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- a pump for pumping said oxygenated liquid from said source through said inspiratory conduit and said bifurcated bronchial tube to said left primary bronchus and said right primary bronchus.
A method for liquid ventilation of a subject, said method comprising:
- inserting a bifurcated bronchial tube into a subject, said bifurcated bronchial tube having a left lumen for directing the flow of oxygenated liquid into a left primary bronchus of said subject and a right lumen for directing the flow of oxygenated liquid into a right primary bronchus of said subject;
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- providing a flow of oxygenated liquid into said bifurcated bronchial tuber thereby ventilating said subject with said oxygenated liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.