Patent ID: 7032606

Claim:
A manifold system for compressed medical gases comprising: a first input supply line and a second input supply line, wherein the first input supply line is adapted to receive a first medical gas from a first supply of a medical gas, wherein the second input supply lines is adapted to receive a second medical gas from a second supply of medical gas; at least one emergency reserve input supply line adapted to receive a third medical gas from a third supply of medical gas; at least one output supply line coupled to receive medical gas from at least one of the first input supply line, the second input supply line, and the emergency reserve input supply line; at least one pressure regulator between the output supply line and at least one of the first input supply line, the second input supply line, and the emergency reserve input supply line; a plurality of transducers adapted to measure gas pressures associated with the first input supply line, the second input supply line, the emergency reserve input supply line, and the output supply line; at least one processor in operative connection with the transducers; and an alarm panel, wherein the alarm panel includes a plurality of the alarm devices in operative connection with the processor, wherein the alarm devices are operative to output alarm signals representative of: low line pressure, high line pressure, secondary in use, emergency reserve in use, and emergency reserve low, wherein the processor is operative responsive to at least one of the transducers to cause at least one of the alarm devices to output an alarm signal.