Patent ID: 6725860
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A monitoring device, comprising:an anesthetic metering device; a gas specific filling device connected to said anesthetic metering device; a single-channel for supplying gas to a respirator; a measurement device for determining the anesthetic concentration in said single channel wherein the measurement device has only a single-channel for the concentration measurement of only one gaseous anesthetic; a display device connected to said measurement device, said display device querying an operator to select a gas for continued operation of said gas monitor, receiving an answer from the operator indicating a selected gas, comparing said selected gas to a previous gas, indicating an alarm if said selected gas is different than said previous gas, querying the operator to acknowledge a change in gas monitored by said gas monitor or to select another gas, receiving either an acknowledgment answer from the operator indicating acknowledgment of said change in gas, or a corrected answer selecting another gas; said measurement device monitoring gas passing through said gas monitor according to measuring constants for said selected gas after said display device receives either said acknowledgment answer or said corrected answer.