Patent ID: 8534288
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A61M,G01N

Abstract:
1. A gas detector used with a gas flow device that supplies respiratory gas to a patient, the gas detector including a gas detector element in a housing arranged to provide a visual indication of change in level of a selected gas, characterized in that the detector is remote from the gas flow device and includes two flexible tubes including a first flexible tube with an opening at one end into the housing for supplying a first gas to the housing from the gas flow device so that the element is exposed to the first gas, and a second flexible tube with an opening at one end into the housing for supplying a second gas to the housing from the gas flow device so that the element is exposed to the second gas, and that the two flexible tubes enable the position of the gas detector housing to be moved relative to the gas flow device and to the patient.