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US 9,844,637 B2Granted
Prompt apparatus for an anesthesia machine and a corresponding anesthesia machine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDonald Beduhn, Lingjie Yu, Gaofeng Jiang
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Abstract
A signaling apparatus for an anesthesia machine, the signaling apparatus comprising an user input sub-module for receiving input information from an user, an available gas sub-module for signaling types of currently available gases according to information of the user input sub-module, and an available gas outlet sub-module for signaling currently available gas outlets according to information of the user input sub-module.
Claims17
A signaling apparatus for an anesthesia machine, the signaling apparatus comprising:
- a user input sub-module configured to receive input information from a user, the user input sub-module comprising a first transfer switch controlling an auxiliary gas output, the first transfer switch having a first ON state and a second OFF state, and a second transfer switch controlling an auxiliary common gas output, the second transfer switch having a first ON state and a second OFF state, wherein:
- when the state of the first transfer switch is OFF and the state of the second transfer switch is OFF, the signaling apparatus controls the anesthesia machine to conduct a breathing circuit output;
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- when the state of the first transfer switch is ON and the state of the second transfer switch is ON, the signaling apparatus controls the anesthesia machine to conduct an auxiliary gas output;
- an available gas signal sub-module comprising indicators configured to illuminate controls for gases made available as a result of the input information of the user input sub-module;
- and
- an available gas outlet signal sub-module comprising indicators configured to illuminate currently available gas outlets according to the input information of the user input sub-module.
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An anesthesia machine, comprising:
- a plurality of different gas outlets;
- a signaling apparatus configured to control a flow of a gas to each of the plurality different gas outlets, the signaling apparatus comprising:
- a user input sub-module configured to receive input information from a user, the user input sub-module comprising a first transfer switch controlling an auxiliary gas output, the first transfer switch having a first ON state and a second OFF state, and a second transfer switch controlling an auxiliary common gas output, the second transfer switch having a first ON state and a second OFF state, wherein:
- when the state of the first transfer switch is OFF and the state of the second transfer switch is OFF, the signaling apparatus controls the anesthesia machine to conduct a breathing circuit output;
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- when the state of the first transfer switch is ON and the state of the second transfer switch is ON, the signaling apparatus controls the anesthesia machine to conduct an auxiliary gas output;
- an available gas signal sub-module comprising a first plurality of signal lamps configured to illuminate controls for gases made available as a result of the input information of the user input sub-module;
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- an available gas outlet signal sub-module comprising a second plurality of signal lamps configured to signal currently available gas outlets according to the input information of the user input sub-module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.