William Edwin Clegg;Douglas Mechlenburg;Erik Kurt Witt;Michael Edward Colbaugh
发明人:
Erik Kurt Witt,William Edwin Clegg,Michael Edward Colbaugh,Douglas Mechlenburg
申请号:
US13141777
公开号:
US09216265B2
申请日:
2009.12.09
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
A respiration appliance (10), system (40), and method (62, 72, 86) for supporting the airway of a subject (12) as the subject (12) breaths. The flow of gas from the lungs of the subject (12) during exhalation is leveraged to provide support to the airway. In particular, a body (14) that encloses one or more external orifices of the subject (12) provides a resistance differential between inhaled gas flows and exhaled gas flows that supports the subject's airway.