Narcosis apparatus

Abstract

Abstract STEM EXTENSION IS MADE, AND SAID THROTTLE AND VALVE MEANS HAVING MEANS PROVIDED TO ENGAGE EACH OTHER. AN APPARATUS FOR THE VAPORIZATION OF AN ANESTHETIC HAS BEEN PROVIDED WHICH APPARATUS ACHIEVES IMPROVED CONTROL IN RESPECT TO THE AMOUNT OF ANESTHETIC ADMINISTERED TO A PATIENT. THE APPARATUS COMPRISES A DISTRIBUTION CHAMBER FOR A GAS, A FIRST CONDUIT FROM THE DISTRIBUTION CHAMBER INTO A CHAMBER IN WHICH THE ANESTHETIC IS VAPORIZED, A TEMPERATURE SENSING MEANS IN SAID VAPORIZATION CHAMBER, A SECOND BYPASS CONDUIT FROM THE DISTRIBUTION CHAMBER HAVING A THROTTLE MEANS INTERPOSED THEREIN, SAID SECOND CONDUIT LEADING TO A MIXING CHAMBER, AN OUTLET CONDUIT LEADING FROM THE VAPORIZATION CHAMBER TO THE MIXING CHMABER AND HAVING A VALVE MEANS INTERPOSED THEREIN, SAID THROTTLE MEANS IN SAID BYPASS CONDUIT HAVING AN ANNULAR SLOT DEFINED BY A MOVABLE ELEMENT ON A THROTTLE STEM EXTENSION, SAID STEM EXTENSION PROTRUDING INTO THE VAPORIZATION CHAMBER AND HAVING A SLEEVE SURROUNDING THE SAME, MEANS FOR FASTENING SAID SLEEVE AND SAID STEM EXTENSION, SAID SLEEVE BEING OF A MATERIAL HAVING A HIGHER THERMAL COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION THAN THE MATERIAL OF WHICH THE

Inventors

• 👤 Hans George Breiling

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