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C434S262000

Reexamination Certificate

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07959443

ABSTRACT:
A system and method of delivering CO2in a respiration closed-loop control system to a respiratory simulator includes (a) providing a CO2supply to a respiratory simulator having a piston/cylinder arrangement; (b) providing flow control hardware between the CO2supply and the piston/cylinder arrangement; (c) generating a first control signal representative of a predefined amount of CO2; and (d) providing the predefined amount of CO2into the piston/cylinder arrangement. Thereafter, either (i) an end-tidal carbon dioxide partial pressure (EtCO2) value is determined based on an amount of CO2emptied from the piston/cylinder arrangement during an exhalation phase of the respiratory simulator or (ii) an EtCO2value is calculated via an equation. A second control signal is generated that is representative of a tidal volume and a breathing frequency representative of a physiological response to the EtCO2value to effect corresponding movement of the piston in a next inhalation and exhalation phase.

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Lampotang et al., A Lung Model of Carbon Dioxide Concentrations with Mechanical or Spontaneous Ventilation, Critical Care Medicine, 1986, vol. 14, No. 12.

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