Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
128204150 | Means for cooling respiratory gas or respiration device | 27 |
20080202516 | Portable pulmonary body core cooling and heating system - This invention relates to a fully adjustable Portable Pulmonary Body Core Cooling and Heating System specifically designed to provide several hours of high efficiency cooling or heating when worn and operated by a user. This combination Portable Pulmonary Body Core Cooling and Heating System invention is capable of delivering several hours of high efficiency personal cooling or heating without the use of caustic or toxic chemicals with virtually no risk of injury associated with its use. This Portable Pulmonary Body Core Cooling and Heating System invention utilizes the user's own pulmonary system to regulate core body temperature by introducing controlled temperature air into the user's lungs by their own breathing process. | 08-28-2008 |
20090056716 | Cool air inhaler and methods of treatment using same - An inhaler device and a method of treating various symptoms associated with the airway and/or throat and/or respiratory system of a patient. The device is particularly designed to reduce swelling and inflammation of the larynx and or upper respiratory track, such as swelling and/or inflammation that result from croup, laryngitis's, laryngotracheobronchitis, and other diseases and conditions. In its method aspects, the present invention includes inhaling (or forcing manually or automatically) cool and/or moist air from the device to cause cool and/or moist air to enter the airways of the patient. | 03-05-2009 |
20100108063 | RESPIRATOR WITH A CIRCUIT FOR BREATHING GAS - A gas mask and breathing equipment is provided with a circuit for breathing gas and with a heat exchanger ( | 05-06-2010 |
20110180069 | Portable Athletic Air Cooler with Face Adapter - A portable, low maintenance apparatus is provided for cooling down athletes following strenuous exercise. The apparatus has a repository that holds ice, and a fan configured to blow air through the ice and out of a face adapter part. The face adapter is shaped to provide a cool, breathable stream of air to a user who presses his face up against the adapter. | 07-28-2011 |
20110247618 | BREATHING CIRCUIT DEVICE - A breathing circuit device has a breathing gas line for forming a closed breathing system, with a cooling device with at least one cooling element for cooling a breathing gas sent through the breathing gas line. The at least one cooling element is separated from the breathing gas with a wall and the wall is a deformable wall, so that a direct contact can be established between the at least one cooling element and the deformable wall by means of a deformation of the deformable wall. | 10-13-2011 |
20120031405 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CEREBRAL COOLING - A brain cooling system includes a gas delivery system and a cooling apparatus. The gas delivery system may include an apparatus for establishing a desired pressure and flow rate for gases to be inhaled by a subject and an interface element. The pressurization element may comprise a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device. The interface element may include a breathing mask, such as a nasal non-invasive ventilation (NIV) mask, or a nostril occlusive nasal delivery device. Such a brain cooling system may be used to treat cerebral hypoperfusion, as may occur with a cerebral vascular accident (CVA), such as a stroke, a traumatic brain injury, or cardiac arrest, or with conditions that may lead to a CVA or to cerebral hypoperfusion. In a cerebral hypoperfusion treatment method, cooled respiratory gases, which may include an elevated amount of oxygen, may be introduced, under an elevated air pressure that exceeds a normal, physiologic air pressure generated as a subject inhales spontaneously, into the nasal cavity of the subject. | 02-09-2012 |
20120125335 | Cool Air Breathing Apparatus - A Cool Air Breathing Apparatus. The apparatus provides a low-cost, comfortably-sized, convenient source of cool breathing air to a use. The apparatus id attachable to a standard-sized water bottle container, such as is used for bicycles and exercising in general. The user is able to simply fill the water bottle container with a cooling material, and then breathe through a mouthpiece in order to receive cooling air. The cooling material could be cold liquid, ice cubes or chips, or even a solid frozen block. There is also a folding mouthpiece so that the user can seal the container when it is not in use. | 05-24-2012 |
20120132206 | MULTI-MISSION REBREATHER SYSTEM - An apparatus comprising a scrubber bed; at least one heat sink operatively connected to the scrubber bed; at least one screen connected to the scrubber bed; and a scrubber tube connected to the scrubber bed. Also, a method of using a multiple mission re-breather apparatus, the method comprising attaching the multiple mission re-breather apparatus; using the multiple mission re-breather apparatus in a dry environment; and using the multiple mission re-breather apparatus in a wet environment. Further, a method of controlling a multiple mission re-breather apparatus, the method comprising activating an electronics package of the multiple mission re-breather apparatus, the electronics package comprising software instructions for adjusting operational parameters of the multiple mission re-breather apparatus in response to a change in environmental pressure; and using the multiple mission re-breather apparatus. | 05-31-2012 |
20130000642 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR COOLING SPECIFIC TISSUE - The present disclosure provides, among other things, a system for providing therapeutic cooling or hypothermia to localized areas of the body such as the brain. A source of compressed gas such as a medical-use oxygen canister is connected via a delivery tube to a mask fitted to a patient. The gas undergoes adiabatic cooling as it enters the delivery tube, and is provide to the patient in such cooled state. The system may be provided as a portable or ambulatory device or kit, with the delivery tube or other part easily disconnected from one compressed gas source and connected to another, for continued therapy even during transportation. | 01-03-2013 |
20130042866 | Breathing Air Unit - This invention relates to a breathing air unit comprising an electric motor for driving a compressor. Compressed air is conducted through a first heat exchanger cooled by cooling air of the compressor, and the compressed air is conducted through a second heat exchanger being cooled by cooling air of the motor. | 02-21-2013 |
20130139816 | PORTABLE RESPIRATORS SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS - Portable personal respiratory protection devices include a self-contained head gear member with a chin collar that has a front segment that defines a mouth portion and attaches to a back segment that resides over ears of a user and extends about a lower back segment of a head of the user. The head gear includes a visually transmissive face mask extending upwardly from the front segment of the chin collar that, in position, sealably engages a face of the user. The head gear has an open upper portion residing between an outer upper perimeter of the face mask and the back segment of the chin collar that, when worn, is adapted to expose a top and upper rear portion of a head of the user to environmental conditions. | 06-06-2013 |
20130228178 | Transportable Medical Air Compressor - A method and apparatus provides a continuous source of medical grade air. A substantially tubular and rigid housing includes a first end, at least one aperture extending through the housing and positioned a predetermined distance from the first end; and a second end, opposite the first end. A valve extends from the first end of the housing for dispensing medical grade air to a patient. A medical grade air compressor provides medical grade air for output by the valve, the medical grade air compressor being positioned within the housing on a side of the at least one aperture opposite the valve. An air flow generator is positioned between the second end of the housing and the medical grade air compressor, the air flow generator draws air into the housing through the at least one aperture. The air passes over and around the medical grade air compressor to reduce a temperature of the medical grade air compressor and to the medical grade air compressor for generating medical grade air. | 09-05-2013 |
20140076316 | PRESSURIZED GAS CYLINDER HOLDER FOR A RESPIRATOR - A pressurized gas cylinder holder for a respirator includes a holding part ( | 03-20-2014 |
20140096772 | Treatment of Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis and Improvement of Quality of Sleep by Temperature Controlled Laminar Airflow Treatment - This invention relates in general to methods and devices for displacing body convection and thereby reducing exposure to allergens and other airborne fine particles within a personal breathing zone during situations of or corresponding to sleep thereby reducing or removing symptoms of asthma and allergic rhinitis while improving quality of sleep and in particular to methods and devices that utilize Temperature controlled Laminar Airflow (abbreviated TLA from herein and onwards). Also, business methods involving such methods and devices are disclosed. | 04-10-2014 |
20140338668 | Respiratory Mask for Controlling Body Temperature and Method of Controlling Body Temperature by Using Respiratory Gas - A respiratory mask for controlling a body temperature of a patient by using a respiratory gas includes a controller for generating the respiratory gas, a gas transfer tube for receiving the respiratory gas and transferring the respiratory gas to a respiratory unit, a heat transfer metallic body configured to connect to the gas transfer tube and for cooling or heating the respiratory gas passing through the gas transfer tube, a thermoelectric element for performing an exothermic reaction or an endothermic reaction to heat or cool the heat transfer metallic body, a power supply unit configured to be located to be parallel to a bottom end of the gas transfer tube and for supplying power to the thermoelectric element via the controller, and a respiratory unit configured to connect to the gas transfer tube and for supplying the respiratory gas passing through the gas transfer tube to a patient. | 11-20-2014 |
20140360500 | BREATHING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS - A wearable breathing apparatus includes a thermal capacitor that a user inhales and exhales through. Inhaled air is cooled as it passes through the thermal capacitor, and exhaled air cools the material of the thermal capacitor for the next breathing cycle. The breathing apparatus may be used by a firefighter, for example, as a lightweight apparatus to enable the firefighter to safely breathe dangerously heated air, for example while in a fire shelter, that may otherwise cause injury to the user. The breathing apparatus advantageously does not require external power for cooling. The thermal capacitor may also be used as a part of a rebreather that uses a scrubber that removes carbon dioxide from exhaled air, for rebreathing. Further, the thermal capacitor may be used for other purposes, such as in recirculation of building air. | 12-11-2014 |
20140373842 | Ventilator with Integrated Cooling System - A ventilation gas cooling apparatus or unit which, in an exemplary embodiment, is configured in a modular form adapted for selective removable engagement to a ventilator. The cooling unit includes a gas inlet port, a gas delivery port, a pressure sensing port, and a thermoelectric cooler. The inlet port is fluidly connectible to a source of therapeutic breathing gas at an external end and is fluidly connectible to an inlet of the ventilator at an internal end. The delivery port is fluidly connectible to a patient circuit at an external end and is fluidly connectable to an outlet of the ventilator at an internal end. The pressure sensing port is fluidly connectible to both a pressure sensing port of the ventilator and to the patient circuit. The cooling unit may further include a cooling fluid system which is operative to circulate either a gas coolant or a liquid coolant along at least a portion of a multi-lumen tube which is integrated into the patient circuit. | 12-25-2014 |
20150007820 | BREATHING CIRCUIT DEVICE - The invention relates to a respiratory circuit appliance with a respiratory line, a CO | 01-08-2015 |
20150068525 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT AND FEEDBACK FOR THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA - A treatment system includes a delivery device which delivers a combination of a breathing gas and frozen ice or other particles to a patient in order to induce hypothermia. The treatment system also includes a temperature system for measuring the temperature of exhaled gases and a controller which can adjust the duration or rate at which the ice particles are delivered in order to control the patient's core temperature based on the measured exhalation gas temperature. | 03-12-2015 |
20150090263 | Device and Method for Detection and Treatment of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in a Mammalian Subject - Devices and methods are disclosed herein for preventing or treating ventilator associated pneumonia in a mammalian subject. The device includes an endotracheal tube having an interior surface and an exterior surface; a sealant composition in contact with the exterior surface of the endotracheal tube; and a temperature control element in contact with the endotracheal tube configured to heat or cool the sealant composition to a level required to reversibly convert the sealant composition from a solid sealant composition to a flowable sealant composition. | 04-02-2015 |
20150128945 | A PATIENT INTERFACE - A patient interface that provides breathable gas to a person has a face engaging cushion that includes an internal cavity. In the internal cavity fluid is located, and a control means that is capable of communicating with the fluid can incite change to a property or to properties of the fluid. | 05-14-2015 |
20160250504 | COOLING DEVICE FOR A PROTECTIVE RESPIRATORY APPARATUS | 09-01-2016 |
128204160 | Substance removed from respiratory gas by cooling | 5 |
20090078254 | Anesthetic Agent Recovery - Disclosed and claimed herein are devices and method for the recovery of one or more anesthetic agents after they have been exhaled from a patient undergoing surgery and before they have been vented to the atmosphere. Typical anesthetic agents include, but are not limited to, isoflurane, desflurane, sevoflurane, and the like. Recovery of the anesthetic agents should result in numerous benefits including, but not limited to, reduction of their production costs, protection of the environment, and the like. | 03-26-2009 |
20120240930 | Treatment of Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis and Improvement of Quality of Sleep by Temperature Controlled Laminar Airflow Treatment - This invention relates in general to methods and devices for displacing body convection and thereby reducing exposure to allergens and other airborne fine particles within a personal breathing zone during situations of or corresponding to sleep thereby reducing or removing symptoms of asthma and allergic rhinitis while improving quality of sleep and in particular to methods and devices that utilize Temperature controlled Laminar Airflow (abbreviated TLA from herein and onwards). Also, business methods involving such methods and devices are disclosed. | 09-27-2012 |
20120266881 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE REMOVAL OF ANAESTHETIC AGENTS FROM BREATHING GAS - Method for the removal of volatile anesthetic agents from breathing gas in an apparatus for respirating of patients provided with a closed line or conduit system in which breathing gas may be circulated, comprising leading the breathing gas or a part thereof through a filtering apparatus with activated carbon, wherein the breathing gas is cooled to a temperature below the boiling point of the anesthetic agent when it passes through the filtering apparatus, characterized in that the breathing gas, after anesthetic agent has condensed out of it, is warmed. | 10-25-2012 |
20140020686 | Temperature Controlled Laminair Air Flow Device - The present invention provides a practical method for treating atopic dermatitis. By subjecting patients suffering from atopic dermatitis to filtered temperature controlled laminar air flow disease symptoms have been significantly reduced and even removed. The velocity of the laminar air flow is balanced such that body convections are braked without the generation of draught. | 01-23-2014 |
20140216458 | Air Conditioned and Ambient Fresh Air Supply System for Respirator Users - A portable air conditioning and ambient fresh air supply system that provides ambient fresh or conditioned air to a user wearing a respirator. The apparatus comprises a cabinet having an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The lower chamber holds a refrigerant air conditioning system and the upper chamber holds a blower that supplies cold air to the surroundings. The user is able to control the temperature of the conditioned air by means of a control panel and the air flow rate by a blower control switch. An air outlet manifold supplies fresh or conditioned air through an air supply line to a respirator mask. | 08-07-2014 |