Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Respiratory
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-31
2005-05-31
Nasser, Robert L. (Department: 3736)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Respiratory
C600S529000, C600S532000, C600S538000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06899684
ABSTRACT:
A method of determining a respiratory parameter for a subject using an indirect calorimeter is provided. The indirect calorimeter includes a respiratory connector for passing inhaled and exhaled gases, a flow pathway operable to receive and pass inhaled and exhaled gases having a flow tube within the flow pathway through which the inhaled and exhaled gases pass, a flow meter for determining an instantaneous flow volume of the inhaled and exhaled gases, a component gas concentration sensor for determining an instantaneous fraction of a predetermined component gas and a computation unit having a processor and a memory. The method includes the steps of initializing the indirect calorimeter and the subject breathing into the respiratory connector if the indirect calorimeter is initialized, sensing the flow volume of the inhaled and exhaled gases passing through the flow pathway using the flow meter and transmitting a signal representing the sensed flow volume to the computation unit. The method also includes the steps of sensing a concentration of a predetermined component gas as the inhaled and exhaled gases pass through the flow pathway using the component gas sensor, and transmitting a signal representing the sensed concentration of the predetermined component gas to the computation unit. The method further includes the steps of calculating at least one respiratory parameter for the subject as the subject breathes through the calorimeter using the sensed flow volume and the sensed concentration of the predetermined component gas, and providing the subject with the at least one respiratory parameter.
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Barber Theodore W.
Lawrence Craig M.
Mault James R.
Nason Kevin S.
Pearce, Jr. Edwin M.
Cooley & Godward LLP
HealtheTech, Inc.
Mallari Patricia
Nasser Robert L.
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