Abrégé

An automated drug delivery and monitoring system for use on mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit is presented. Medication in the form of respirable particles is transported through ventilator circuitry by a delivery unit. Multiple medications may be delivered into the gas flow of the ventilator, with each medication delivered in a defined dose for a frequency and interval as specified by an operator. The particles mixed into the gas flow of the ventilator are inhaled and ingested by the patent's lungs.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61M 16/00 - Dispositifs pour agir sur le système respiratoire des patients par un traitement au gaz, p. ex. ventilateursTubes trachéaux
• A61M 15/00 - Inhalateurs
• A61M 16/08 - SouffletsTubes de connection
• A61M 16/14 - Préparation de gaz ou vapeurs à respirer par mélange de fluides différents, l'un d'entre eux étant en phase liquide
• A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic Identification des individus
• A61B 5/085 - Mesure de l'impédance des organes respiratoires ou de l'élasticité pulmonaire
• A61B 5/087 - Mesure du débit respiratoire

Abrégé

Dispensing systems for a ventilator circuit having a ventilator flow circuit with a normal inhalation flow path with a heat and moisture exchanger (HME), a flow sensor in communication with the ventilator circuit, an automated drug dispensing system with an actuator and a pressurized canister residing upstream of the HME, a bypass inhalation flow path residing downstream of the pressurized canister, and at least one electromechanical valve residing in the inhalation flow path to selectively open the valve which can be normally closed to define a closed bypass path. At least one controller opens the at least one electromechanical valve to open the bypass inhalation flow path and close the normal inhalation flow path through the HME only when the flow sensor indicates air flow is in an inhalation direction. Once the valve is open, the actuator dispenses medication through the bypass inhalation flow path to the patient.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61M 16/08 - SouffletsTubes de connection
• A61M 16/10 - Préparation de gaz ou vapeurs à respirer
• A61M 16/20 - Valves spécialement adaptées aux dispositifs respiratoires médicaux
• A61M 16/14 - Préparation de gaz ou vapeurs à respirer par mélange de fluides différents, l'un d'entre eux étant en phase liquide
• A61M 15/00 - Inhalateurs
• A61M 16/00 - Dispositifs pour agir sur le système respiratoire des patients par un traitement au gaz, p. ex. ventilateursTubes trachéaux

Abrégé

An automated drug delivery and monitoring system for use on mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit is presented. Medication in the form of respirable particles is transported through ventilator circuitry by a delivery unit. Multiple medications may be delivered into the gas flow of the ventilator, with each medication delivered in a defined dose for a frequency and interval as specified by an operator. The particles mixed into the gas flow of the ventilator are inhaled and ingested by the patent's lungs.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61M 16/14 - Préparation de gaz ou vapeurs à respirer par mélange de fluides différents, l'un d'entre eux étant en phase liquide
• A61M 16/00 - Dispositifs pour agir sur le système respiratoire des patients par un traitement au gaz, p. ex. ventilateursTubes trachéaux
• A61M 15/00 - Inhalateurs
• A61M 16/08 - SouffletsTubes de connection
• A61B 5/087 - Mesure du débit respiratoire
• A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic Identification des individus
• A61B 5/085 - Mesure de l'impédance des organes respiratoires ou de l'élasticité pulmonaire

Abrégé

Dispensing systems for a ventilator circuit having a ventilator flow circuit with a normal inhalation flow path with a heat and moisture exchanger (HME), a flow sensor in communication with the ventilator circuit, an automated drug dispensing system with an actuator and a pressurized canister residing upstream of the HME, a bypass inhalation flow path residing downstream of the pressurized canister, and at least one electromechanical valve residing in the inhalation flow path to selectively open the valve which can be normally closed to define a closed bypass path. At least one controller opens the at least one electromechanical valve to open the bypass inhalation flow path and close the normal inhalation flow path through the HME only when the flow sensor indicates air flow is in an inhalation direction. Once the valve is open, the actuator dispenses medication through the bypass inhalation flow path to the patient.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61M 16/08 - SouffletsTubes de connection
• A61M 16/10 - Préparation de gaz ou vapeurs à respirer
• A61M 16/20 - Valves spécialement adaptées aux dispositifs respiratoires médicaux
• A61M 15/00 - Inhalateurs
• A61M 16/00 - Dispositifs pour agir sur le système respiratoire des patients par un traitement au gaz, p. ex. ventilateursTubes trachéaux

Abrégé

A system for providing automated delivery of medication to a ventilator circuit that extends between a mechanical ventilator and a patient includes a connector that resides in-line with a portion of the ventilator circuit, a portable medication delivery unit attached to the connector, and a control device in communication with the portable delivery unit. The portable delivery unit includes a housing releasably holding at least one metered dose inhaler canister containing medication and an actuator held by the housing and in communication with the canister to direct the canister to release medication to the ventilator circuit for the patient. The control device is configured to control an amount and/or frequency of medication delivery from the canister to the ventilator circuit for a respective patient and to direct the actuator to actuate to deliver the medication from the canister to the ventilator circuit at a defined amount and/or frequency.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61M 11/00 - Pulvérisateurs ou vaporisateurs spécialement destinés à des usages médicaux
• A61M 16/08 - SouffletsTubes de connection
• A61M 16/00 - Dispositifs pour agir sur le système respiratoire des patients par un traitement au gaz, p. ex. ventilateursTubes trachéaux
• A61M 15/00 - Inhalateurs
• A61M 16/14 - Préparation de gaz ou vapeurs à respirer par mélange de fluides différents, l'un d'entre eux étant en phase liquide
• A61B 5/08 - Dispositifs de mesure pour examiner les organes respiratoires
• A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic Identification des individus
• A61M 16/10 - Préparation de gaz ou vapeurs à respirer

Abrégé

An automated drug delivery and monitoring system for use on mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit is presented. Medication in the form of respirable particles is transported through ventilator circuitry by a delivery unit. Multiple medications may be delivered into the gas flow of the ventilator, with each medication delivered in a defined dose for a frequency and interval as specified by an operator. The particles mixed into the gas flow of the ventilator are inhaled and ingested by the patent's lungs.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61M 16/00 - Dispositifs pour agir sur le système respiratoire des patients par un traitement au gaz, p. ex. ventilateursTubes trachéaux
• A61M 15/00 - Inhalateurs
• A61M 16/08 - SouffletsTubes de connection
• A61M 16/14 - Préparation de gaz ou vapeurs à respirer par mélange de fluides différents, l'un d'entre eux étant en phase liquide
• A61B 5/087 - Mesure du débit respiratoire
• A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic Identification des individus
• A61B 5/085 - Mesure de l'impédance des organes respiratoires ou de l'élasticité pulmonaire

Abrégé

A portable unit for providing automated delivery of medication to a ventilator circuit that runs between a mechanical ventilator and a patient is provided. The portable unit includes: a housing configured to releasably hold an inhaler containing the medication, wherein the inhaler is in fluid communication with the ventilator circuit; an actuator at least partially in the housing and in communication with the inhaler to deliver medication from the inhaler to the ventilator circuit for a respective patient; a controller programmed to control an amount and/or frequency of medication delivery from the inhaler to the ventilator circuit for a respective patient, the controller configured to actuate the actuator to deliver the medication from the inhaler to the ventilator circuit at the programmed amount and/or frequency; and a display for displaying the amount and/or frequency of medication delivery and an amount of medication remaining in the inhaler, wherein the display is dynamically updated by the controller. Diagnostic devices are also disclosed that: 1) administer an agent to gas to be inhaled; 2) detect/measure exhaled gas; and/or 3) determine a state or condition of a patient based on the detected/measured exhaled gas.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61M 11/00 - Pulvérisateurs ou vaporisateurs spécialement destinés à des usages médicaux

Abrégé

An automated drug delivery and monitoring system for use on mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit is presented. Medication in the form of respirable particles is transported through ventilator circuitry by a delivery unit. Multiple medications may be delivered into the gas flow of the ventilator, with each medication delivered in a defined dose for a frequency and interval as specified by an operator. The particles mixed into the gas flow of the ventilator are inhaled and ingested by the patient's lungs.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61M 15/00 - Inhalateurs
• A61M 16/00 - Dispositifs pour agir sur le système respiratoire des patients par un traitement au gaz, p. ex. ventilateursTubes trachéaux