Abstract: An anesthesia machine includes a breathing system for delivering a gas mixture, including an anesthetic gas, to a patient for inhalation and for collecting exhaled gas from the patient. A cannister flow communicates with the breathing system and removes carbon dioxide from the exhaled gas. A pressure relief valve includes a housing that defines a chamber in flow communication with the breathing system, a valve member for regulating a flow of gas from the breathing system into the chamber and venting gas into the chamber when pressure in the breathing system exceeds a pressure threshold setting, and a plunger for preventing the flow of gas into the chamber independent of the pressure in the breathing system without changing the pressure threshold setting. The cannister, pressure relief valve, and other components are secured to a manifold having internal flow channels.

Abstract: An anesthesia machine includes a breathing system for delivering a gas mixture, including an anesthetic gas, to a patient for inhalation and for collecting exhaled gas from the patient. A cannister flow communicates with the breathing system and removes carbon dioxide from the exhaled gas. A pressure relief valve includes a housing that defines a chamber in flow communication with the breathing system, a valve member for regulating a flow of gas from the breathing system into the chamber and venting gas into the chamber when pressure in the breathing system exceeds a pressure threshold setting, and a plunger for preventing the flow of gas into the chamber independent of the pressure in the breathing system without changing the pressure threshold setting. The cannister, pressure relief valve, and other components are secured to a manifold having internal flow channels.

Abstract: A data storage disk drive array is synchronized using drives wherein each has an onboard oscillator assembly which is connected either for independent operation of each drive or synchronization of all or any selected drives of the array using a common or slave sync line that can supply an index signal to all or any portion of the drives of the array and is capable of using the oscillator assembly of any drive in the synchronized array as the source of the common precision index signal. The system can also be partitioned in subarrays with synchronization of the entire system, of individual subarrays or any mix of subarray combinations while retaining the capability for any drive of the system to function independent of the synchronization of any group of drives within the system.

Abstract: A controller device interfacing method and a low level device interface are provided for use between at least one controller and a plurality of devices in a direct access storage device. Message and command and data information are received and transmitted between the controller and the device. Responsive to a received predetermined read data command, read data function hardware transmits the requested data to the controller. Responsive to a received predetermined write data command, write data function hardware writes the received data from the controller to a device. Received message information is blocked from received data information so that message information is transmitted at any time within and between data information transmissions. The low level device interface supports two wire serial data transfer and provides improved data rate performance.