Patent ID: 6135108
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A PEEP valve for maintaining pressurized gas in a patient's lungs, said PEEP valve comprising:a hollow cylinder including an inner cylindrical surface providing a patient's exhalation gas flow path;a projection extending inwardly from said inner cylindrical surface and into said flow path and for engaging an object inserted at least partially into said hollow cylinder and for providing space between the object and said inner cylindrical surface to prevent the total occlusion of said flow path by the object;said hollow cylinder has an axial length and wherein said projection has an axial length substantially equal to said axial length of said hollow cylinder; andsaid hollow cylinder provided with an axial slot extending laterally through said hollow cylinder and having a length substantially equal to said axial length of said hollow cylinder and said slot for communicating said flow path to the ambient upon the object being at least partially inserted into said hollow cylinder.