Patent ID: 6298848
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A device for flushing a deadspace during mechanical ventilation of a subject, comprising:a ventilator adapted for connection to airways of a patient for providing a pressurized breathing gas during an inspiration phase of a breathing cycle, said inspiration phase being successively followed by an expiration phase;a source of pressurized flushing gas;a conduit having a first end adapted for insertion into airways of a subject, and a second end connected to said source of pressurized flushing gas; andsaid source of pressurized flushing gas including a reservoir connected to said ventilator to receive and hold pressurized breathing gas from said ventilator during said inspiration phase and to supply, at least during a final part of said expiration phase, the received and held breathing gas as pressurized flushing gas via said second end to said first end of said conduit dependent on pressure at said first end of said conduit.