Patent ID: 7870857

Claim:
A ventilator system comprising: a ventilator device having an inhalation port and exhalation port; a patient conduit for delivering to and removing gas from the patient; an exhalation conduit fluidly connected to the exhalation port and the patient conduit; an inhalation conduit fluidly connected to the inhalation port and the patient conduit, the inhalation conduit at least in part defining a holding chamber; and a device for generating aerosolized medication, the device being fluidly connected to the inhalation conduit so that the aerosolized medication is delivered to the patient as the patient inhales; wherein at least a first inhalation conduit section of the inhalation conduit that is located between the device and the patient conduit has a variable length to position the device for generating aerosolized medication a predetermined distance from the patient conduit, the first inhalation section being defined by a body that is both extendable and contractable along a length of the body to permit a volume of the holding chamber to be varied and thereby provides a means for adjusting the strength of the dose of medication, wherein the first inhalation conduit section includes a plurality of markings each corresponding to a volume of the holding chamber based on the length of the first inhalation conduit section, the markings thus providing settings to assist in adjusting the strength of the medication that is generated and delivered to the patient from the device.