Abstract: An episodic infusion pump apparatus with feedback control for periodically administering a pharmaceutical, such as oxytocin or the like, to induce labor in a pregnant woman. The drug is administered at periodic intervals except during labor contractions or when the fetal heartrate indicates fetal distress.
Abstract: A respirator for infants wherein air is delivered to a nasal catheter at a preset pressure during the inspiratory phase, the flow being maintained in an amount sufficient to maintain the pressure regardless of leakage, while pressure and volume are monitored during the expiratory phase through a bellows which operates a recording device and can be adjusted to maintain a desired minimum terminal pressure at the end of the expiration; also the method of effecting respiration by means of such a respirator or equivalent devices.