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Pressure relief valve
Assignee: Respironics Inc
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Filing: 1987-05-28
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Granted: 1989-04-25
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Expires: 2007-05-28
Abstract
Abstract An inhalation/exhalation valve for use in conjunction with a medical respiration apparatus to maintain an adjustable positive end expiration pressure through incorporation of novel valving elements including a novel, adjustable spring for establishing and maintaining the threshhold pressure of exhalation and a novel flow control valve disk structure which utilizes the dynamic pressure of exhalation flow to assist in providing control over and fine adjustability of the valve disk motion and which further permits continuous supply flow during both the inhalation and exhalation portions of the patient's breathing cycle.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerald E. McGinnis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 10:12
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M16/00; A61M16/20; A61M16/208; A61M16/209; A61M16/0057; A61M16/0078; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/2496; Y10T137/2544; Y10T137/7722; Y10T137/7738
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
In a valve for controlling medical gas delivery to a patient and for providing a threshold resistance for positive end expiratory pressure therapy for such pressure valve for administering positive end expiratory pressure therapy to a patient by providing a threshold resistor which includes a valve element that is biased toward a closed position by a variable bias to provide threshold resistance which prevents exhalation flow from such a patient until such threshold resistance is overcome, the improvement comprising: a spring bias means for biasing the valve element toward the closed position with said spring bias means comprising a conically formed coil spring having varying coil density with the maximum coil density adjacent the larger diameter end thereof and a minimum coil density adjacent the smaller diameter end thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
129 words
In a valve for controlling medical gas delivery to a patient and for providing a threshold resistance for positive end expiratory pressure therapy for such pressure valve for administering positive end expiratory pressure therapy to a patient by providing a threshold resistor which includes a valve element that is biased toward a closed position by a variable bias to provide threshold resistance which prevents exhalation flow from such a patient until such threshold resistance is overcome, the improvement comprising: a spring bias means for biasing the valve element toward the closed position with said spring bias means comprising a conically formed coil spring having varying coil density with the maximum coil density adjacent the larger diameter end thereof and a minimum coil density adjacent the smaller diameter end thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
The combination as claimed in claim 1 wherein said valve body includes an inhalation opening and said gas flow passage communicates between said inhalation and exhalation openings, and the said exhalation outlet means being in communication with said gas flow passage intermediate said inhalation and exhalation openings.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
The combination as claimed in claim 2 additionally including one-way flow check valve means carried by said valve element to permit inhalation flow to pass through said valve from said inhalation opening to said exhalation opening when said valve element is seated on said seat means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The combination as claimed in claim 3 wherein said seat means isolates said outlet means from said gas flow passage when said valve element is seated thereon.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The combination as claimed in claim 4 additionally including adjustment means for selective adjustment of the bias of said spring bias means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
109 words
In a positive end expiratory pressure valve for administering positive end expiratory pressure therapy to a patient by providing a threshold resistor which includes a valve element that is biased toward a closed position by a variable bias to provide threshold resistance which prevents exhalation flow from such a patient until such threshold resistance is overcome, the improvement comprising: a spring bias means for biasing the valve element toward the closed position with said spring bias means comprising a conically formed coil spring having varying coil density with the maximum coil density adjacent the larger diameter end thereof and a minimum coil density adjacent the smaller diameter end thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
109 words
In a positive end expiratory pressure valve for administering positive end expiratory pressure therapy to a patient by providing a threshold resistor which includes a valve element that is biased toward a closed position by a variable bias to provide threshold resistance which prevents exhalation flow from such a patient until such threshold resistance is overcome, the improvement comprising: a spring bias means for biasing the valve element toward the closed position with said spring bias means comprising a conically formed coil spring having varying coil density with the maximum coil density adjacent the larger diameter end thereof and a minimum coil density adjacent the smaller diameter end thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The improvement as claimed in claim 6 wherein said spring bias means includes said maximum minimum coil densities adjacent the respective larger and smaller diameter ends thereof when in a free or uncompressed state.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
The improvement as claimed in claim 7 additionally including adjustment means for adjusting the bias of said spring bias means.
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