Patents Assigned to Apotheus Laboratories, Inc.
  • Expiratory scavenging method and apparatus and oxygen control system for post anesthesia care patients
    Patent number: 5676133
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for preventing contamination of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit of A Hospital by the use of a mask sealed to the patient's face and connected by a ventilator circuit to an airator that pulls a vacuum to exhaust the patient's expirations to the outside atmosphere. The disclosure also includes a "oxyvent" which is a tube adapted to be attached to an oxygen tank and to a patient to provide a higher oxygen ratio to the patient and to provide forced ventilation to a patient who has difficulty ventilating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Apotheus Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall S. Hickle, Richard B. Adams, William A. Pesa, James L. Earsley, Richard A. Liles, James C. De Villiers