Patents Assigned to Pioneer Medical Systems, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4764346
    Abstract: A disposable rebreathing canister is disclosed for administering oxygen and anesthesia to patients. The canister essentially comprises a housing for a scrubber, including a manifold plate and a rigid container, and a flexible liner disposed within the rigid container. The liner forms an imperforate barrier between the interior of the rigid container and the manifold plate. A scrubber disposed between the manifold plate and liner chemically reacts with gases conducted to it through one of a pair of coaxial passages formed in the manifold plate. Reacted gases are then moved through a tortuous passage either back to the other one of the coaxial passages or removed through an exhaust port.The interior of the rigid container connects with a source of pressure that allows the flexible liner to be collapsed, thus forcing treated gases, fresh oxygen and anesthesia into the lungs of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Pioneer Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph H. Lewis, Barnum B. Lambert