Preparation of the gas mixture, preparation of breathing gas for patients requiring mechanical ventilation, especially gas and additional components, particularly easy to apply to breathing gas for xenon, eg, a patients gas mixture of xenon in particular to a method and associated apparatus which can by reducing as much as possible the consumption loss. Apparatus of the present invention comprises (1) a respiratory pressure generator (3) (2), a gas mixing chamber intubation tube (4). Selection element (5), to select from the remaining components of the intended product component of the return breathing gas, or for the reverse, which is provided between the gas mixing chamber and intubation tube, desired product supply connection (7 ) are connected to a supply regulator is controlled (9) feed components to the reservoir (10). [Selection] Figure Figure 1ガス混合物の調製、特に人口呼吸が必要な患者のための呼吸ガスの調製、及び追加のガス成分、特にキセノンの、ガス混合物例えば患者のための呼吸ガスへの適用が、特に簡単に、キセノンの消費損失を可能な限り少なくして可能な関連装置及び方法に関する。本発明の装置は、挿管チューブ(2)、ガス混合室(3)及び圧力発生器(4)を有する呼吸器(1)を含む。選択素子(5)は、戻り呼吸ガスの目的物成分を残りの成分から選択するために、又はその逆のために、挿管チューブとガス混合室の間に設けられ、目的物供給接続部(7)が、制御される供給調整器(9)と供給成分貯留部(10)とに接続されている。【選択図】 図1