Patent ID: 6578573
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: A61M,F17C

Abstract:
A device for releasing a gas to a respirator, the device comprising:a compressed gas cylinder containing gas and with a metering valve that can be opened by pressure, the metering valve having a tubular valve body letting through the gas and with a collar surrounding said valve body; a cylinder adapter with a locking mechanism for fastening on the collar, said adapter including a cylindrical wall part in the area of said valve body, said cylinder adapter having reduced strength properties defining a predetermined breaking point, said locking mechanism being destroyed by a breaking of said cylinder adapter along said breaking point during the removal of the cylinder adapter from said collar; a pressure body having a pressure part for actuating the valve body and having a gas channel for drawing off the gas to the respirator, said pressure body being connected to said wall part via a connection element for a stroke movement of said pressure body relative to said cylinder adapter and relative to said compressed gas cylinder.