Patent ID: 11890414
Assignee: MAQUET CRITICAL CARE AB
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 7:
8. A method for a lung recruitment in a mechanically ventilated patient, comprising the steps of:
performing an automated full recruitment manoeuvre (FRM) comprising a recruitment phase and an appropriate end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) titration phase, and, during the PEEP titration phase;
gradually decreasing a PEEP applied to the patient and delivering a number of breaths to the patient at each of a plurality of PEEP levels;
monitoring at least one parameter using a processor and at least one sensor from which an optimal PEEP of the patient is configured to be determined;
using the processor, predicting whether the optimal PEEP will be possible to reliably determine later on during the PEEP titration phase; and
automatically aborting the FRM manoeuvre if it is predicted that it will not be possible to reliably determine the optimal PEEP.