Abstract: Breathing apparatus supplies air or oxygen to a patient and comprises a hand-held housing (10), a gas inlet on the housing, a gas outlet (12) on the housing (10), and a manual/automatic switch (16) on the housing for supplying gas either to a manually operable valve (40) or to a main valve (48) which delivers gas to the outlet on a cyclic basis. A trigger (22) on the housing (10) controls the supply of gas to the outlet through the manually operable valve (40).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 1995
Date of Patent:
July 29, 1997
Assignee:
BNOS Electronics Limited
Inventors:
Peter Thomas Dearman, Howard Alfred Buckenham, Kevin Bowden, Andrew Sharpe, Damon Andrew Cookman
Abstract: Breathing apparatus supplies air or oxygen to a patient and comprises a hand-held housing (10), a gas inlet on the housing, a gas outlet (12) on the housing (10), and a manual/automatic switch (16) on the housing for supplying gas either to a manually operable valve (40) or to a main valve (48) which delivers gas to the outlet on a cyclic basis. A trigger (22) on the housing (10) controls the supply of gas to the outlet through the manually operable valve (40).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 10, 1993
Date of Patent:
July 23, 1996
Assignee:
BNOS Electronics Limited
Inventors:
Peter T. Dearman, Howard A. Buckenham, Kevin Bowden, Andrew Sharpe, Damon A. Cookman