Respiratory booster machine and method for enhancing ventilation

A respiratory booster machine used with a patient ventilating circuit having a ventilator connected to a source of one or more respiratory gases to provide a gas stream to a patient with one or more ventilation tubes interconnecting said ventilator and said patient, said respiratory booster machine comprising:

• an acoustic signal generator configured to generate an acoustic signal;
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• an acoustic signal transmitter operatively connected to said acoustic signal generator and said patient ventilating circuit, said acoustic signal transmitter configured to induce said acoustic signal into said one or more respiratory gases prior to delivery of said gas stream to said patient, said acoustic signal transmitter having an acoustic transducer capable of emitting audible and/or non-audible sound waves, said acoustic transducer disposed inside an acoustic box having an acoustic funnel, said acoustic funnel connected to said one or more ventilation tubes to transmit said acoustic signal to said pressurized gas stream.

A ventilation apparatus for artificial respiration of a patient, said ventilation apparatus comprising:

• a ventilator connected to a source of one or more respiratory gases to provide a gas stream to said patient through one or more ventilation tubes interconnecting said ventilator and said patient, said ventilator having an acoustic signal generator for generating an acoustic signal and a computing means for analyzing the effect of said acoustic signal;
• an acoustic signal transmitter operatively connected to said acoustic signal generator and configured to induce an acoustic signal from said acoustic signal generator into said respiratory gases prior to delivery of said gas stream to said patient, said acoustic signal transmitter having an acoustic transducer capable of emitting audible and/or non-audible sound waves, said acoustic transducer disposed inside an acoustic box having an acoustic funnel, said acoustic funnel connected to said one or more ventilation tubes to transmit said acoustic signal to said pressurized gas stream;
• and one or more acoustic signal receivers configured to be placed on or substantially adjacent said patient and configured to receive said acoustic signal in said patient, said one or more acoustic signal receivers operatively connected to said computing means.

A method of improving respiration of one or more respiratory gases by a living subject having a respiratory gas exchange between alveoli and capillaries in one or more lungs, said method comprising the steps of:

• a) generating an acoustic signal with an acoustic signal generator having an acoustic signal transmitter operatively connected thereto, said acoustic signal transmitter having an acoustic transducer capable of emitting audible and/or non-audible sound waves, said acoustic transducer disposed inside an acoustic box having an acoustic funnel;
• b) providing said one or more respiratory gases through one or more ventilation tubes connected to a ventilator, said ventilator operatively connected to said acoustic signal generator:
• and c) inducing said acoustic signal from said acoustic funnel into said one or more respiratory gases with said acoustic signal transmitter prior to said respiratory gas exchange between the alveoli and capillaries in said one or more lungs, said acoustic funnel connected to said one or more ventilation tubes to transmit said acoustic signal to said one or more respiratory gases.