Abstract: Disclosed is a device for insufflating gas into a corporal cavity of a human or animal body having a connection for a gas source, a measuring unit provided with sensors for the fill gas pressure and the fill gas flow, which are disposed outside said corporal cavity, and a control unit, to which the output signal of the sensors are applied, and which triggers a pressure regulator which reduces or regulates the fill pressure of the gas source to an insufflation pressure (desired gas pressure), which can be set, and a flow regulator which regulates the fill gas flow to a value (desired gas flow), which can be set.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 5, 1999
Date of Patent:
May 29, 2001
Assignee:
Storz Endoscope GmbH
Inventors:
John C. Gord, Eric M. Jones, Jürgen Kraft-Kivikoski