Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for delivery of oxygen or other treatment gases to a patient without requiring physical contact or enclosure of the patient. Embodiments can include a delivery hood, sensing components, and a gas distribution system including one or more gas delivery ports. Gas delivery ports may be individually controlled based on input from the sensing components to alter the volume and orientation of treatment gas flow directed at a patient. Sensing components can include cameras or other sensors that detect the position of a patient's head, and gas delivery ports may then be controlled to direct treatment gas flow in the direction of the patient's head. Embodiments and methods described thereby allow for efficient oxygen or other gas delivery to a patient without requiring contact or enclosure of the patient.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 14, 2013
Date of Patent:
May 5, 2015
Assignee:
DesignWise Medical, Inc.
Inventors:
Bradley Frank Slaker, Ann Gettys, Jennifer Ann Seward, Benjamin Olson Valley, Ahmed Nazmul Jaffer, Jacob Richard Maida, Fushcia-Ann Elizabeth Hoover
Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for delivery of oxygen or other treatment gases to a patient without requiring physical contact or enclosure of the patient. Embodiments can include a delivery hood, sensing components, and a gas distribution system including one or more gas delivery ports. Gas delivery ports may be individually controlled based on input from the sensing components to alter the volume and orientation of treatment gas flow directed at a patient. Sensing components can include cameras or other sensors that detect the position of a patient's head, and gas delivery ports may then be controlled to direct treatment gas flow in the direction of the patient's head. Embodiments and methods described thereby allow for efficient oxygen or other gas delivery to a patient without requiring contact or enclosure of the patient.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 3, 2010
Date of Patent:
March 19, 2013
Assignee:
DesignWise Medical
Inventors:
Bradley Frank Slaker, Ann Gettys, Jennifer Anne Seward, Benjamin Olson Valley, Ahmed Nazmul Jaffer, Jacob Richard Maida, Fushcia-Ann Elizabeth Hoover