EP 1019129 A1 20000719 - PORTABLE RESPIRATOR
Title (en)
PORTABLE RESPIRATOR
Title (de)
TRAGBARES BEATMUNGSGERÄT
Title (fr)
RESPIRATEUR PORTABLE
Publication
Application
Priority
- IE 9800079 W 19980918
- US 5926497 P 19970918
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9913931A1] Apparatus (10) for treating dyspnea and improving exercise tolerance in an ambulatory patient comprising: a housing (12) defining a form factor having an air inlet (18) and an air outlet (20), the housing (12) being sufficiently small to be readily mounted to the body of an ambulatory patient (39); a pressure generator (41) within the defined form factor of the housing (12) for drawing ambient air into the air inlet (18) and delivering the air at a select pressure greater than ambient pressure to the outlet (20); a strap (14) on the housing (12) for releasably attaching the housing (12) to the patient (39); a flexible conduit (22) attached at a proximal end to the air outlet (20) of the housing (12); a connector (24) attached at a distal end of the conduit (22) for connecting the distal end of the conduit (22) to an airway of the patient (39); and a releasable coupling (28) between the strap (14) and the connector (24).
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/20 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61M 16/0051 (2013.01); A61M 16/0069 (2014.02); A61M 16/024 (2017.07); A61M 16/202 (2014.02); A61M 16/206 (2014.02); A61M 16/0066 (2013.01); A61M 16/107 (2014.02); A61M 2016/0021 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0208 (2013.01); A61M 2202/03 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9913931A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9913931 A1 19990325; AU 9182298 A 19990405; EP 1019129 A1 20000719
DOCDB simple family (application)
IE 9800079 W 19980918; AU 9182298 A 19980918; EP 98944188 A 19980918