Abstract:
The speed and range of the transition to low lung PO2 can be optimized such that it approaches the PO2 and timing profile of reoxygenation from a hypoxic profile. However, such hypoxic “spikes” are much more difficult to implement than re-oxygenation. A solution is to control the independent variables which contribute to hypoxia in the lung. These variables may be controlled in alone or in aggregate to minimize the time required to generate a target profile of transient lung hypoxia. In particular, a rapid decrease in [dOHb] can be implemented by breathing deeply, exhaling at least a portion of the functional residual capacity, lowering the PO2 at baseline, increasing the breathing rate, and increasing the PCO2 to shift the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve to the right.
Abstract:
A ventilator is configured to supply a gas mixture to the lungs of a subject. The gas mixture comprises a first gas (e.g. oxygen) and a second gas (e.g. ambient air). The ventilator comprise a first gas inlet, a second gas inlet, flow modulator of the first gas, a flow modulator of the second gas, a junction configured to mix the first gas and the second gas, a patient interface configured to deliver the gas mixture to a subject, a pressure sensor, a plurality of flow sensors comprising at least a first flow sensor and a second flow sensor, and at least one controller configured for obtaining data from the pressure sensor and flow sensors and controlling the flow modulators to provide a gas mixture having a target pressure and a target oxygen content.
Abstract:
A method for performing cold atmospheric plasma treatment of respiratory infections or lung cancer having a source of a carrier gas, a cold atmospheric plasma generator connected to the source of carrier gas, a source of compressed air, a humidifier connected to the source of compressed air, a source of oxygen, a ventilator having inputs connected to an output of the humidifier and the source of oxygen, a mixer having an interior chamber formed from a dielectric, an active electrode inside the interior chamber, and an outer electrode connected to ground, wherein the mixer has a fluid input port connected to a gas output of the cold atmospheric plasma generator and an output of the ventilator, and a delivery member connected to an output of the mixer for delivering combined humidified air and cold atmospheric plasma to a respiratory system of a patient.
Abstract:
An oxygen concentration device is provided which, when the number of revolutions of a compressor reaches an upper limit of control, increases an oxygen concentration, and can extend an operating time of the oxygen concentration device, comprising a control means which controls the number of revolutions of the compressor based on a detected value of an oxygen concentration sensor, judges deterioration due to moisture absorption based on the detected value of the oxygen concentration sensor, a detected value of a pressure sensor, and an operating time of an adsorption cylinder and, when criteria for judgment of the deterioration due to moisture absorption are satisfied, makes a purge step time shorter than an initially set time.
Abstract:
The ingestible compositions system includes the co-production of orally-ingestible compositions usable as inhalable respiratory agents including delivery apparatus and related methods.
Abstract:
This invention provides ventilators that provide superior air-oxygen mixing and gas delivery. The ventilators that supply a gas mixture to the lungs of a subject. The gas mixture comprises a first gas (e.g. oxygen) and a second gas (e.g. ambient air). The ventilators comprise a first gas inlet, a second gas inlet, flow modulator of the first gas, a flow modulator of the second gas, a junction configured to mix the first gas and the second gas, a patient interface configured to deliver the gas mixture to a subject, a pressure sensor, a plurality of flow sensors comprising at least a first flow sensor and a second flow sensor, and at least one controller configured for obtaining data from the pressure sensor and flow sensors and controlling the flow modulators to provide a gas mixture having a target pressure and a target oxygen content.
Abstract:
Extracorporeal systems and methods for treating blood-borne diseases in a subject or for developing drugs to treat blood-borne diseases include various environmental and treatment modules that can be tailored to a specific disease or infection. In certain embodiments of the systems and methods, a blood sample is treated with hydrostatic pressure, a pulsed electrical field, a pharmaceutical agent, microwave, centrifugation, sonification, radiation, or a combination thereof, under environmental conditions that are effective for the treatment.
Abstract:
A Volume Reflector indicator for an anesthesia system is disclosed. The anesthesia system includes a volume reflector (30), a breathing circuit (40), a processing unit (10), and a display (20) operatively connected to said processing unit (10), wherein said processing unit (10) is configured to provide a status indicator (50) on said display (20) for gas in said volume reflector (30), said status indicator (50) including a graphical representation of (51) an extent of a driving gas of said volume reflector (30) and/or a patient gas in said volume reflector (30), and/or (52) a flow of gas and a direction of said flow in said volume reflector (30), and/or (53) a waste gas flow out of said volume reflector (30) relative a fresh gas flow in said system (1), and/or (54) a re-breathing fraction (RBF), and/or (55) a balance between said fresh gas flow and patient uptake and/or leakage of gas from said breathing circuit.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for delivery of gas mixtures to humans inside an MRI scanner, including while monitoring and recording physiological parameters.
Abstract:
A breathing circuit humidification system (200) is described that includes a humidification system (102) and a patient breathing circuit (201). The humidification system includes at least a moisture water source (209), a flash evaporator (211) and a moisture exchanger. Water is selectively introduced from the water source to the flash evaporator. The flash evaporator includes a heating element that evaporates the received water to form water vapor. The water vapor is sent to the moisture exchanger. The moisture exchanger receives gas from a gas source. The received gas is humidified with the water vapor received from the flash evaporator. The moisture exchanger sends the humidified gas to the patient breathing circuit. The patient breathing circuit provides, in a controlled manner, the humidified gas to a patient (106). Related methods, apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.