Abstract: A valve for regulating a gas or liquid has a valve housing with an inlet and an outlet. A valve seat is arranged in the valve housing and connects the inlet to the outlet via a valve opening. A valve body facing the valve seat is formed by a band attached at a first fixation point and a second fixation point. The first fixation point is at one end of a lever. An actuator is arranged on the other end of the lever to act on the lever so the distance between the first fixation point and the second fixation point increases. The band is then stretched, and the valve opening is exposed, enabling gas/liquid to flow toward the outlet. When the actuator's action on the lever is regulated, an exact flow of gas/liquid can be regulated.

Abstract: In a device for transmitting information via a patient tube from a location near the patient to an intensive care or anesthetic machine, at least one signal source is arranged at one end portion of the tube to deliver information-carrying signals which propagate longitudinally through the medium inside the tube. At least one receiver is arranged at the other end of the tube to receive the signals.

Abstract: In a valve having a mechanically journalled movable element for regulating the valve's degree of opening, and in a method for controlling such a valve, the movable element and journals are made to move in relation to each other in order to reduce friction in the journals of the movable element. The movable element is then in a position governed by the valve's prevailing degree of opening.

Abstract: A ventilator system has different sub-systems, such as a connection system, which influence the flow of breathing gas supplied to a patient's respiratory system. The flow pattern of the breathing gas is particularly influenced by the connection system. In order to compensate for this influence to the greatest possible extent in the generation of breathing gas, the connection system's transfer function is determined before the system is connected to the respiratory system. A gas flow with a specific gas flow pattern is generated with high accuracy in a ventilator unit. An ensuing gas flow pattern, only influenced by the connection system, is measured with high accuracy in a measurement unit in the ventilator unit. The transfer function for the connection system can be determined in a control unit from the known, generated gas flow pattern and the measured, ensuing gas flow pattern. The corresponding determination can be made for the respiratory system after a patient has been connected.

Abstract: An anesthetic system, primarily intended for a closed breathing circuit, has an inspiratory line, an expiratory line and a connecting line which form a closed gas line system with the inspiratory line and the expiratory line. A first check valve and a second check valve are arranged in the connecting line to control the direction of gas flow in the gas line system. A first gas reservoir and a second gas reservoir are also connected to the connecting line. The gas reservoirs are functionally interconnected so an increase in the volume of one results in a corresponding reduction in the volume of the other, and vice-versa. The changes in volume are actively controlled by a control system. During inspiration, respiratory gas is carried to the patient from a hand ventilator at the same time as respiratory gas is carried from the first gas reservoir to the second gas reservoir.