IP Library Granted Patent US 7,730,885
Granted Patent B2
US 7,730,885 · App. 11/210,197 · Granted Jun 8, 2010

Device for mixing anesthetic vapor with anesthetic gas

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Patent No.
US 7,730,885
App. No.
11/210,197
Granted
Jun 8, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for mixing anesthetic vapor with anesthetic gas has a pressure limitation feature achieved in a simple manner. The device has a valve device ( 11 ), with which the evaporator is switched on and off. The valve device ( 11 ) is equipped with an overpressure release device ( 22 ).

Claims (13)

1. A device with a dispensing device for mixing anesthetic vapor with anesthetic gas, the device comprising:

a valve device to send anesthetic gas past the dispensing device from a gas inlet to a gas outlet in a first switching position and to establish a path for the gas via the dispensing device in a second switching position and including a lower part provided with gas ducts at the valve device and with an upper part arranged adjustably above said lower part, said upper part including gas ducts with upper part and lower part gas ducts defining ducts extending from the lower part via the upper part and back into the lower part in such a way that the first switching position and the second switching position can be established depending on the position of the upper part in relation to the lower part; and

a clamping device fixing the upper part in relation to the lower part in the form of a pressure limiting means for limiting the pressure in the gas ducts, said clamping device opening for gas release for pressure limiting and automatically closing again.

2. A device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the lower part in combination with the upper part form a rotary switch or slide switch.

3. A device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the clamping device includes a spring.

4. A device in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the clamping device includes an adjusting screw wherein the pretensioning force of the spring can be set with the adjusting screw.

5. An anesthetic vapor with anesthetic gas mixing device, comprising:

a dispensing device for mixing anesthetic vapor with anesthetic gas, the device comprising:

a valve device for controlling gas flow to the dispensing device including a first switching position for gas flow from a gas inlet to a gas outlet and a second switching position to establish a path for the gas via the dispensing device in the second switching position, the valve device including a lower part provided with gas ducts and an upper part arranged adjustably above said lower part, said upper part including gas ducts with upper part and lower part gas ducts defining ducts extending from the lower part via the upper part and back into the lower part in such a way that the first switching position and the second switching position can be established depending on the position of the upper part in relation to the lower part; and

an overpressure release means for holding the upper part in relation to the lower part up to a pressure level prevailing in the ducts extending from the lower part and allowing venting of the ducts extending from the lower part via the upper part upon the pressure level prevailing in the ducts extending from the lower part exceeding the pressure level, the over pressure release means opening the upper part relative to the lower part for gas release for pressure limiting and automatically closing the upper part relative to the lower part again.

6. A device in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the lower part in combination with the upper part form a rotary switch or slide switch and the pressure device allows movement of the upper part upwardly relative to the lower part to limit the pressure up prevailing in the ducts extending from the lower part.

7. A device in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the over pressure release means includes a spring.

8. A device in accordance with claim 7 , wherein the over pressure release means includes an adjusting screw wherein the pretensioning force of the spring can be set with the adjusting screw.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Sep 11, 2015
From: DRAEGER MEDICAL GMBH; DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA
To: DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA
Reel/Frame 036586/0718 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 18, 2010
From: DRAEGER MEDICAL AG & CO. KG
To: DRAEGER MEDICAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 025150/0068 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 8, 2009
From: DRAGER MEDICAL AG & CO. KGAA
To: DRAGER MEDICAL AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 023196/0497 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2005
From: GIPPERT, KARL-LUDWIG; BUNKE, CLAUS; WITT, MATTHIAS; KUNZ, RAINER; MULLER, JURGEN; HEYER, SVEN; HEIDSCHMIDT, MICHAEL; REICHERT, DIRK-STEFAN
To: DRAGER MEDICAL AG & CO. KGAA
Reel/Frame 016921/0135 →