Patents Assigned to Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University
  • Method and apparatus for bolus delivery of gases and aerosols and insufflations
    Patent number: 4706683
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the bolus administration of a gas such as a radioactive gas includes a face mask defining a closed space into which a straw-like administration tube extends sufficiently to permit a patient wearing the face mask to suck on the tube. The radioactive gas is introduced through the administration tube and exhaled into the face mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University
    Inventors: Henry Chilton, Lester Dickson