US 12,186,555 B2
Ventilation machine and method of ventilating a patient
Hans Pargger, Aesch (CH); and Ronja Müller-Bruhn, Windisch (CH)
Assigned to STIMIT AG, Nidau (CH)
Appl. No. 16/967,979
Filed by STIMIT AG, Nidau (CH)
PCT Filed Feb. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/052880
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 6, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/154839, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 00135/18 (CH), filed on Feb. 6, 2018; and application No. 00733/18 (CH), filed on Jun. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361964 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/20 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/40 (2006.01); A61N 2/00 (2006.01); A61N 2/02 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3601 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0051 (2013.01); A61M 16/024 (2017.08); A61M 16/204 (2014.02); A61M 16/205 (2014.02); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/36017 (2013.01); A61N 1/40 (2013.01); A61N 2/002 (2013.01); A61N 2/006 (2013.01); A61N 2/02 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0036 (2013.01); A61M 2205/054 (2013.01); A61M 2205/057 (2013.01); A61M 2205/058 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1014 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0026 (2013.01)] 54 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ventilation machine comprising:
a conduit interface configured to be connected to a respiratory system of a human or animal patient;
an air flow generator configured to deliver air through the conduit interface into the respiratory system of the patient;
a processing unit in communication with the air flow generator and configured to control the airflow generator to deliver air into the respiratory system of the patient according to a breathing scheme; and
an induction device for activating a diaphragm of the patient, wherein
the induction device is in communication with the processing unit, and
the processing unit is configured to control the induction device to activate the diaphragm in coordination with the breathing scheme,
wherein the induction device comprises an electro-magnetic field generator with a coil design configured to generate a spatial electro-magnetic field having a targeted shape, and
wherein the electro-magnetic field is configured as a train of electro-magnetic pulses increasing in intensity until a target intensity is achieved to activate the diaphragm such that a continuous contraction or activation is induced.