Abstract: Devices and methods for allowing for improved assisted ventilation of a patient. The methods and devices provide a number of benefits over conventional approaches for assisted ventilation. For example, the methods and devices described herein permit blind insertion of a device that can allow ventilation regardless of whether the device is positioned within a trachea or an esophagus.

Abstract: An infant mouth-nose mask for administering medicaments to infants, comprising: a. a mouth portion, defining a confined mouth volume, placed over the mouth of said infant characterized by having at least one perforation reversibly coupled to calming or feeding means such that said infant remains relaxed and soothed while sucking said calming or feeding means; said confined mouth volume is characterized by volume, Vmouth; and, b. a nose portion, defining a confined mouth volume, placed over the nose of said infant; said nose portion is adapted to be in fluid connection with a medicament delivery source (MDS); said confined nose volume is characterized by volume, Vnose; wherein said Vnose>>a*Vmouth such that the dead-space of said mask is not greater than 28 cc, and a is in the range of about 1.5 to about 2.

Abstract: The disposable protective device for suction tube includes an encapsulating bag unit and a connective tubular unit. The encapsulating bag unit has a protruding circular portion. The encapsulating bag unit has an interior space which may house a suction tube. The encapsulating bag unit has a first opening and a second opening at its two ends, with the diameter of the second opening larger than or equal to that of the first opening. The connective tubular unit has a first connector, a second connector and a third connector. The first connector may connect with the second opening. A cover may cover the first connector. The second connector may connect with a ventilator. The third connector is provided at the bottom part of the connective tubular unit and may connect with a tracheostomy tube or a tube inside the trachea.

Abstract: Endotracheal tube coupling adapters for facilitating collection and removal of biofilm or any debris from endotracheal tubes for disposal or laboratory testing are disclosed. The endotracheal tube coupling adapters may be adapted for use in closed suction systems. The endotracheal tube coupling adapters may be configured to remain coupled to an endotracheal tube from the time of intubation until the time of removal and to receive visualization, cleaning, and/or biofilm collection devices or members without being removed from the endotracheal tube.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods for reducing nuisance alarms associated with monitoring non-physiological parameters in a ventilatory system. Non-physiological parameters may include, but are not limited to, parameters that are internally monitored by the ventilator based on pre-configured ranges dictated by the manufacturer, by an applicable protocol, or by the clinician. Embodiments described herein seek to mitigate nuisance alarms by basing alarm conditions, at least in part, on an integral threshold such that an alarm is not generated when a monitored parameter briefly falls outside an acceptable range by a slight degree, but such that an alarm is generated when a monitored parameter falls outside an acceptable range by a more significant magnitude and/or duration.

Abstract: A self-contained Autonomous Positive Air Pressure (APAP) device that treats sleep apnea by providing pressurized air intermittently or on demand. The self-contained device is inconspicuously designed as eyewear and does not require the user to be tethered to an air hose or power cord. The device also does not require the user to wear a face mask sealed to the user's face. Instead, the present invention comprises a system that is battery powered including pumps to pressurize a chamber or chambers that provides breathable air through electronically controlled pressure regulated valves that prevents upper airway obstruction.

Abstract: The soother (100) is provided with a fluid guide (103) comprising one or more conduits (133a, 133b) for supplying e.g. oxygen to the nostrils of an infant. The fluid guide (103) is manufactured as a single piece to ensure a simple design. The soother (100) can be assembled from three or four parts which make the manufacturing of the soother simple. The soother (100) may be designed so that parts of the soother (100) are releasably connectable. Thereby, the soother (100) may be disassembled after use so that efficient cleaning is possible. Accordingly, the cleaned parts can be assembled possibly in combination with new parts and other part types. The design of the fluid guide (103) ensures convenient supply of e.g. oxygen to the nostrils and convenient connection of oxygen hoses (701).

Abstract: An oral airway for insertion into a mouth and pharynx of a patient to provide a breathing pathway and for cooperating with either an anesthesia breathing connector, a suction tube, or a nasal cannula. The oral airway includes a first tubular member, a second tubular member disposed within the first tubular member, and a connector configured to securely attach to both the first tubular member and the second tubular member. The connector includes a first portion in fluid communication with the first tubular member and a second portion in fluid communication with the second tubular member.

Abstract: A method for treating cancer is described using combination therapies comprising the use of hyperbaric oxygen with histone deacetylase inhibitors, with and without glycolytic therapies. The patient is subjected to a hyperbaric environment of substantially pure oxygen. A predetermined dose of one or more HDACI substances is administered to the patient. In addition, glycolitic inhibitors may also be administered. Dosages, pressures, and durations are selected as described herein to have a therapeutic effect on the patient.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser blood oxygen therapeutic apparatus comprising a host (32); a terminal being an oxygen output terminal, a laser irradiating terminal and an ozone output terminal (48), a laser generator located in a therapeutic terminal (34); the oxygen output terminal includes an oxygen absorbing device (25) and a laser-oxygen two-in-one therapeutic device (27); the laser-oxygen two-in-one therapeutic device (27) is provided with a two-in-one nasal clip (31); the oxygen absorbing device (25) is provided with a detachable atomization pressure decreasing device (24), while the host (32) is provided with a security identifying device which identifies the external atomization pressure decreasing device automatically; and an ozone generating cabin (36) is connected between a relief pressure valve (20) and a humidifying bottle (9).

Abstract: A non-invasive ventilation patient interface comprises a frame, a facial skin interface, and a self-sealing tube insertion region. The frame is configured for coupling with a head strap system, where head strap system is configured for supplying a securing force to secure the patient interface in a position over a respiratory opening of a patient. The facial skin interface is coupled with the frame and configured for interfacing with facial skin of the patient and sealing the patient interface about the respiratory opening in response to the securing force. The self-sealing tube insertion region is coupled with the facial skin interface and configured for self-sealing about a tube disposed between the facial skin and the facial skin interface, such that the securing force is diverted around the tube while the tube is inserted in the self-sealing tube insertion region.

Abstract: In a first aspect, a monoplace hyperbaric chamber providing Venturi induced gas circulation and ventilation is disclosed. The chamber includes a control and monitoring system that offers reduced oxygen consumption, duplex pressure gauges, referenced flow control, a patient activated stop function, an independent pressure time recorder, and/or a precise pressure control circuit that uses a 1:1 forced-balanced volume amplifier adapted to supply gas to and exhaust gas from the chamber through different penetrators and/or use flow-control check valves supplied with static reference or set pressures. A computer control and monitoring subsystem is also disclosed. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods of neurostimulation for treating obstructive sleep apnea. The system is adapted to send an electrical signal from an implanted neurostimulator through a stimulation lead to a patient's nerve at an appropriate phase of the respiratory cycle based on input from a respiration sensing lead. External components are adapted for wireless communication with the neurostimulator. The neurostimulator is adapted to deliver therapeutic stimulation based on inputs.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for treating a respiratory distress in a infant in need of such treatment, the method comprising intratracheal administration of a pulmonary surfactant by a thin tube. The invention also concerns a kit for performing said method.

Abstract: A breathing apparatus for use in facial skin treatment procedures to allow a person being treated to breath without breathing through their nose or open mouth while substantially maintaining facial tissue exposed for application of a fluid treatment material including a breathing tube having one end for insertion into a person's mouth between the lips and teeth for breathing and a second end spaced from the first for access to air substantially uncontaminated by the fluid treatment material or by fumes of the fluid treatment material. A mouth piece on the one end of the breathing tube can have first and second radially extending engagement surfaces longitudinally spaced to receive the teeth of the person's upper and lower jaws between the first and second engagement surfaces when the mouthpiece is positioned in the person's substantially closed mouth.

Abstract: A method for treating a person experiencing a cardiac arrest is disclosed. The method may include providing a kit having four sections and a visual medium. The first section may include a ventilation system. The second section may include a drug delivery system. The third section may include one set of drugs. The fourth section may include another set of drugs. The visual medium may include a two sets of instructions. The method may also include accessing the first section of the kit to ventilate the person and the second section of the kit to provide for drug delivery to the person. The method may include determining whether the person is experiencing a first or second cardiac arrest condition. The method may additionally include accessing the third or fourth section of the kit, based upon the determination, to provide one of the sets of drugs to the person.

Abstract: The present invention of one embodiment includes a combined microclimate, thermal management, life-support system for care of patient and system for measurement of vital signs. The system of one embodiment, provides active external heating and simultaneously provides active internal heating.

Abstract: The present invention of one embodiment includes a combined microclimate, thermal management, life-support system for care of patient and system for measurement of vital signs. The system of one embodiment, provides active external heating and simultaneously provides active internal heating.

Abstract: A system, device, and method of providing concurrent or contiguous breathing treatments for the purposes of clearing secretions from the lungs, expanding the airways, and delivering medicated aerosol is provided. In one embodiment, a device is provided for administering medicated aerosol delivery, lung expansion therapy, and/or secretion clearance therapy either concurrently or contiguously.

Abstract: An oxygen mask comprises an oxygen supply unit and an attachment unit which is to be attached to a periphery of a nose or a nose and a mouth of a patient. The attachment unit includes an opening which communicates with external air and which is formed at a position to which, when the oxygen mask is attached to the patient, at least one of the nose and the mouth of the patient is opposed.

Abstract: Systems and methods involve an implantable device configured to perform at least one cardiac-related function, a patient-external respiratory therapy device, and a communication channel configured to facilitate communication between the implantable device and the respiratory therapy device. The implantable and respiratory therapy devices operate cooperatively via the communication channel to provide one or more of patient monitoring, diagnosis, and therapy. The communication channel may be configured to facilitate communication between an external processing system and at least one of the implantable device and the respiratory therapy device. The processing system is communicatively coupled to at least one of the implantable and respiratory therapy devices via the communication channel to provide one or more of patient monitoring, diagnosis, and therapy.

Abstract: A cushion for a patient interface includes two or more bladders arranged in concentric relation. Each of the bladders includes a face-contacting portion adapted to engage the patient's face, and each of the bladders is adapted to be pressurized independently from one another. At least one of the bladders is an active bladder that is pressurized to at least a sealing pressure to form a continuous seal with the patient's face in use.

Abstract: A bronchoalveolar lavage instillation/aspiration system which includes (i) a needleless bronchoalveolar lavage instillation/aspiration device with a barrel member including a barrel lumen having a distal aperture and a self-sealing member configured for maintaining a fluid-disruptable, resealable barrier to the distal aperture; and (ii) a catheter assembly configured to provide a patent path of fluid communication between the instillation/aspiration device and a patient bronchial passage, where the catheter includes a wedging structure configured to engage a patient bronchial passage. In another aspect, embodiments of the present invention may include one or more methods of making and using a system or component described herein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for a gas delivery and monitoring system for delivering a gas product to a patient and receiving a gas product exhaled from a patient. In an embodiment, the gas delivery and monitoring system includes a head support made of resilient material and having therein a facial cavity. The facial cavity is configured to fit the contours of a patient's face and provides an oxygen rich environment for the patient while undergoing a medical procedure. In an embodiment, the facial cavity is shaped substantially in the form of a figure eight. In an embodiment, the facial cavity is further provided with one or more segmented edges that can be removed to further shape the facial cavity to the contours of the patient's face. In an embodiment, tubing is used to deliver oxygen from an oxygen source to the patient. Similarly, tubing is also used to receive carbon dioxide exhaled by the patient so that it might be measured by a carbon dioxide monitor.

Abstract: A hyperbaric capsule has a base forming a seat that can be enclosed by an elongate oval canopy having a large transparent window formed therein. The bottom of the front of the canopy is pivotally attached to the front of the base by a hinge assembly and can be locked in the closed position on the base by a plurality of latches that are conjointly operated by an external lever and an internal lever. The weight of the canopy upon opening is borne by a pair of side gas or spring struts.

Abstract: A flashlight for dispensing a substance from an aerosol canister, the flashlight including an elongated housing having a front end, a rear end, and a central longitudinal axis, the aerosol canister being slidably received within the housing. At least one light emitting diode disposed approximate the front end of the housing and an elongated spray tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being connected to the aerosol canister and the spray tube extending parallel to the central longitudinal axis such that the distal end extends beyond the front end of the housing.

Abstract: A device and method for suctioning mucus and secretions from a patient's tracheostomy tube is described. The device utilizes a reusable squeezable bulb with check valves to regulate air flow in and out of the squeezable bulb and a disposable mucus trap and suction catheter to suction a tracheostomy tube effectively and discretely without using an electrically powered suction machine.

Abstract: Various system embodiments comprise a medical device, comprising a flexible tether, a neural stimulation circuit, and a controller. The flexible tether is adapted to be fed into a patient's throat. The flexible tether includes a plurality of electrodes. The neural stimulation circuit is adapted to deliver neural stimulation. The controller is adapted to control the neural stimulation circuit to provide a neural stimulation therapy using at least one electrode from the plurality of electrodes, and to implement a neural stimulation test routine. The neural stimulation test routine is adapted to assess neural stimulation efficacy for electrode subsets of the plurality of electrodes to identify a desired electrode subset for use in delivering the neural stimulation therapy to elicit a desired response.

Abstract: A flashlight for dispensing a substance from an aerosol canister includes an elongated housing having a front end, a rear end, and a central longitudinal axis, the aerosol canister being slidably received within the housing. The flashlight also includes at least one light emitting diode disposed approximate the front end of the housing and an elongated spray tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being connected to the aerosol canister and the spray tube extending parallel to the central longitudinal axis such that the distal end extends beyond the front end of the housing.

Abstract: A flashlight for dispensing a substance from an aerosol canister, the flashlight including an elongated housing having a front end, a rear end, and a central longitudinal axis, the aerosol canister being slidably received and fixedly positionable within the housing. At least one light emitting diode disposed approximate the front end of the housing and an elongated spray tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being connected to the aerosol canister and the spray tube extending parallel to the central longitudinal axis such that the distal end extends beyond the front end of the housing.

Abstract: A baby pacifier that provide supplemental oxygen to premature babies and other infants requiring such includes a housing that housing includes a front surface adapted to be symmetrically disposed about the baby's head at the mouth and nose areas, and a resilient nipple. The housing has an interior chamber into which supplemental oxygen is directed through an oxygen inlet opening of a barbed elbow or stem into the interior chamber. The oxygen inlet opening is adapted to be coupled to the external oxygen source using an external oxygen supply conduit. A plurality of oxygen delivery holes extend from the interior chamber through the housing about the baby's mouth and nose areas to allow supplemental oxygen to flow outwardly from the interior chamber. The nipple pacifies the baby during suckling while centering the baby pacifier about the baby's head at the mouth and nose areas.

Abstract: A therapeutic aid for providing therapeutic vapors to a child having cold symptoms. The therapeutic aid includes a body member having a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall defines an interior space. The perimeter wall of the body member has a slot positioned along a front portion of the body member whereby the slot is for permitting access to the interior space of the body member. A treatment member is insertable into the interior space of the body member. The treatment member is designed for emitting therapeutic vapors through the body member for easing the cold symptoms of the child when the body member is positioned in a proximity to the child.

Abstract: The present invention is a respiratory appliance (a face mask or a adaptor of a breathing circuit) with at least one toy, which is played by blowing. The respiratory appliance is used to connect to a breathing circuit and is suitable for pediatric inhalation induction of anesthesia. The respiratory appliance contains adjustable one way valves which control air flows for breathing in anesthetic agents and blowing the toy. Children can smoothly go to sleep when they play with the toy by blowing inside the mask.

Abstract: A respiratory aid system has a device arranged for connection to a living creature in order to facilitate, support and/or control the respiration of the living creature. The device can be a ventilator or a neuroelectrical stimulation device. For faster and more efficient and more accurate respiratory aid the system contains a respiration detector, devised to pick up neuroelectrical signals from the living creature, identify respiration-related signals and send a control signal, related to the identified signals, to the device.

Abstract: The subject invention pertains to a novel method and apparatus for improving the efficacy of a medical treatment or diagnostic procedure by coordinating such treatment or procedure with at least one physiological cycle of a patient. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention pertains to a novel method of coordinating a chest x-ray with a patient's ventilatory cycle. In a specific example, this invention concerns a novel device for interfacing a ventilator and an x-ray machine to ensure that an x-ray chest image can be taken at peak insufflation of the patient. The subject invention also relates to other medical procedures including, but not limited to, cardiac output measurement, chest imaging, inhalation therapy, oxygen delivery, blood pressure measurement, extracorporel shock wave lithotripsy, and pulse oximeter optoplethysmograms.

Abstract: A litter for carrying a patient in a supine position, such as a stretcher or trauma board, includes a support panel and a pressure pack for providing a portable supply of medicinal gas, such as oxygen, that can be administered to a patient on the liter. The pressure pack includes a gas storage vessel formed from a plurality of polymeric hollow chamber having either en ellipsoidal or spherical shape and interconnected by a plurality of relatively narrow conduit sections disposed between consecutive ones of the chambers. The storage vessel includes a reinforcing filament wrapped around the interconnected chambers and interconnecting conduit sections to limit radial expansion of the chambers and conduit sections when filled with a fluid under pressure.

Abstract: A cold weather breathing device that protects the face including the mouth and nostril area from direct exposure to the external environment, prevents a user's goggles from fogging in cold environments, and keeps moist exhaled breath away from the user's face. In a preferred embodiment, the device is configured to provide separate breathing channels for exhaled air from the mouth and nose. To promote ease of cleaning, the breathing device can be attached to a head garment with a simple interlocking design that allows its removal and separate cleaning. The breathing device provides a nose-channel-forming member and mouth disc that are mounted on the head garment and inset into a mouth-channel-forming member which is thus attached to the head garment.

Abstract: The subject invention pertains to a novel method and apparatus for improving the efficacy of a medical treatment or diagnostic procedure by coordinating such treatment or procedure with a patient's breathing cycle. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention pertains to a novel method of coordinating a chest x-ray with a patient's ventilatory cycle. In a specific example, this invention concerns a novel device for interfacing a ventilator and an x-ray machine to ensure that an x-ray chest image can be taken at peak insufflation of the patient. The subject invention also relates to other medical procedures including, but not limited to, cardiac output measurement, chest imaging, inhalation therapy, oxygen delivery, blood pressure measurement, and pulse oximeter optoplethysmograms. By coordinating certain medical treatments and diagnostic procedures with a patient's breathing cycle, the subject invention improves the quality of medical care received by the patient.

Abstract: A system for assisted breathing has a ventilator delivers a breathing gas to a living creature in order to facilitate, support and/or control the breathing of the living creature. The respiratory musculature is weakened during treatment with a ventilator, long-term treatment in particular, and this results in longer treatment times, especially weaning times. Accordingly, a stimulation apparatus, devised for connection to the living creature, is incorporated into the system for assisted breathing in order to stimulate the respiratory nervous system and/or respiratory musculature of the living creature. Weakening of the respiratory musculature can be reduced by the stimulation apparatus emitting a stimulation signal at specific intervals.

Abstract: The subject invention pertains to a novel method and apparatus for improving the efficacy of a medical treatment or diagnostic procedure by coordinating such treatment or procedure with a patient's breathing cycle. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention pertains to a novel method of coordinating a chest x-ray with a patient's ventilatory cycle. In a specific example, this invention concerns a novel device for interfacing a ventilator and an x-ray machine to ensure that an x-ray chest image can be taken at peak insufflation of the patient. The subject invention also relates to other medical procedures including, but not limited to, cardiac output measurement, chest imaging, inhalation therapy, oxygen delivery, blood pressure measurement, and pulse oximeter optoplethysmograms. By coordinating certain medical treatments and diagnostic procedures with a patient's breathing cycle, the subject invention improves the quality of medical care received by the patient.

Abstract: An apparatus for enclosing a portion of a patient in need of surgery to define an enclosure in which a positive air pressure is introduced to decrease blood loss during surgery. This apparatus may be used to provide a generally sterile field and to decrease blood loss during surgery.