Patent ID: 11938262
Assignee: ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A method for providing medical aspiration to a patient, comprising:
providing an aspirator, the aspirator comprising:
a manifold having a fluid inlet in fluid communication with the patient and a fluid outlet;
a valve in fluid communication with the manifold and being operable to control vacuum characteristics between the fluid inlet and fluid outlet;
a vacuum pump motor having a pump head in fluid communication with the fluid outlet of the manifold and configured to provide the suction for the patient; and
a processor in communication with the vacuum pump motor and the valve and configured to control the vacuum pump motor and/or the valve to generate vacuum pressure between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet and gas flow through the manifold in accordance with a selected one of a plurality of user-selectable operational modes comprising a plurality of continuous operation modes, each corresponding to a respective medical use of a plurality of medical uses, and at least one pre-programmed vacuum pressure level associated with each respective medical use of the plurality of medical uses, the plurality of user-selectable operational modes further comprising an intermittent operation mode,

selecting one of the plurality of user-selectable operational modes; and
controlling the vacuum pump motor and/or the valve via the processor to generate vacuum pressure between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet of the manifold and gas flow through the manifold according to the selected one of the plurality of user-selectable operational modes.