Patent ID: 7704223

Claim:
A system for providing a controlled environment in a body cavity of a patient, the system comprising: an insufflator adapted to provide a supply of gas to the body cavity via a gas line; a nebulizing catheter in communication with a source of nebulizing gas and a source of fluid for nebulizing, the nebulizing catheter having a distal end positionable in the body cavity and configured to generate an aerosol at the distal end within the body cavity; at least one pressure relief valve in communication with one of the gas line or the source of nebulizing gas, the at least one pressure relief valve for maintaining a pressure in the body cavity; and a central controller in communication with the insufflator, the source of nebulizing gas, the source of fluid and the pressure relief valve to coordinate delivery of fluid and gas, while maintaining a desired pressure in the body cavity, wherein the central controller is configured to monitor and adjust delivery of fluid by the source of fluid to the nebulizing catheter.