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Method of anesthetizing a patient
Assignee: Alung Technologies Inc
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Filing: 1992-06-15
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Granted: 1993-05-04
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Expires: 2012-06-15
Abstract
Abstract A method of anesthetizing a patient includes the steps of providing a plurality of gas permeable tubes, providing means for injecting an anesthetizing gas onto the tubes, inserting the tubes within a blood vessel of a patient and injecting an anesthetizing gas into the tubes so that the gas can diffuse through the tubes into the blood steam to anesthetize the patient. The anesthetizing gas may be an original source of such gas or a vaporizer may be added to a gas line passing to the gas permeable tubes so that oxygen can be passed through the line and a liquid anesthetic vaporized in the vaporizer so that the oxygen carries the vaporized anesthetic into the tubes.
Inventors
- 👤 Brack G. Hattler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 03:14
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M1/00; A61M1/14; A61M1/16; A61M1/1678; A61M1/1698; A61M1/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
59 words
A method of anesthetizing a patient comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of gas permeable tubes, providing means for injecting an anesthetizing gas into the tubes, inserting the tubes within a blood vessel, and injecting an anesthetizing gas into the tubes so that the gas can diffuse through the tubes into the blood stream to anesthetize the patient.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
59 words
A method of anesthetizing a patient comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of gas permeable tubes, providing means for injecting an anesthetizing gas into the tubes, inserting the tubes within a blood vessel, and injecting an anesthetizing gas into the tubes so that the gas can diffuse through the tubes into the blood stream to anesthetize the patient.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the tubes have opposite open ends and wherein the anesthetizing gas is injected into one of the open ends and further including the step of applying a vacuum at the other open end of the tubes to pull the anesthetizing gas through the tubes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the tubes are inserted through a single incision in the blood vessel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of claim 1 further including the steps of providing a gas line to the tubes, providing a vaporizer in said gas line, passing oxygen through said gas line while vaporizing a liquid anesthetic agent in said vaporizer such that said oxygen carries said vaporized anesthetic into the tubes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 4 further including the step of controlling the concentration of gas delivered to the tubes by controlling the volume of liquid anesthetic delivered to said vaporizer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the concentration of the gas delivered to the tubes is in the range of 0.5 to 3.0% anesthetic agent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said tubes have opposite open ends and wherein the anesthetizing gas is injected into one of the open ends and further including the step of applying a vacuum at the other open end of the tubes to pull the anesthetizing gas through the tubes.
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