Abstract: This invention relates to instruments, particularly medical and research instruments that are used for assessing gas volumes of cavities, particularly, cavities that may exhibit a compliance to changes in pressure, such as in vivo volumes of the lung, thorax, oropharynx and/or nasopharynx.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 6, 2001
Date of Patent:
September 30, 2003
Assignees:
New York Medical College, DFI Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors:
Lowell Edwin Lingo, Jr., Rick Morris Roark