Patent ID: 7677245
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A helmet for artificial respiration without the aid of masks or tracheal tubes, said helmet consisting essentially of a container body ( 12 ), having at least a transparent portion ( 14 ) in which a head of a patient can be housed, and a collar for air-tight application to a patient's neck, said collar consisting essentially of a rigid ring ( 15 , 15 ′) is equipped with a series of gas administration connections and accessory-holder fittings ( 17 ) wherein said accessory-holder fittings ( 17 ) are male ( 17 A) and female ( 17 B), said series of gas administration connections and accessory-holder fittings ( 17 ) being positioned on a surface of said ring ( 15 , 15 ′) surface so as to extend radially from said ring towards the space around the patient with an axis orthogonal to the central axis of the ring, said ring being equipped with a series of air-tight access elements ( 18 ) for the insertion of auxiliary means comprising an internal extensible elastic membrane and a safety plug ( 19 ), said accessory-holder fittings ( 17 ) and said air-tight access elements ( 18 ) being all placed only on said rigid ring ( 15 , 15 ′), said helmet further characterized in that one of said accessory-holder fittings ( 17 ) receives a extension element for a central venous catheter, said helmet is further characterized in that said extension element ( 23 ) comprises a sleeve ( 26 ) and a series of tubes ( 24 ), said tubes ( 24 ) being fixed with air-tight seal in said sleeve ( 26 ) and equipped with connection devices ( 25 ) at opposite ends.