Patent ID: 11881119
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 15:
16. A medical air leak modeling system, comprising:
a liquid-tight and air-tight chamber, wherein:
the chamber is configured to have a liquid therein with a lung immersed in the liquid adjacent a bottom wall of the chamber,
a top wall of the chamber includes a domed portion that allows for collection of air between the top wall and a top of the liquid in the first chamber, and
a top of the domed portion has a port therein configured to allow the collected air to exit therethrough; and

a pressure mechanism located outside of the chamber and configured to inflate and deflate the lung immersed in the liquid in the chamber, wherein, in response to the inflation and deflation, a leak present in the lung releases air from the lung into liquid and then into the domed portion.