Patent ID: 9314579
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. A porting system for a ventilator, the ventilator including a housing having an exterior surface including a recess, an inlet port, a flow generator structured to generate a flow of gas, and an outlet port structured to discharge the flow of gas from the housing, the ventilator being operable among a plurality of different operating modes, the porting system comprising: (a) a plurality of sensors structured to monitor a number of parameters with respect to the flow of gas; and (b) a number of interchangeable porting blocks structured to be selectively coupled to the housing of the ventilator to facilitate operation of the ventilator in a desired one of the plurality of different operating modes, wherein the number of interchangeable porting blocks is a plurality of porting blocks, and wherein each porting block establishes a corresponding configuration of at least one of the plurality of sensors and passageways to facilitate the desired one of the operating modes of the ventilator.