US 12,239,783 B2
Breathing gas remixer
J. Hunter Downs, III, Rochester, MN (US); and Bruce D. Johnson, Rochester, MN (US)
Assigned to Emercent Technologies LLC, Rochester, MN (US)
Filed by Emercent Technologies LLC, Rochester, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/223,582.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/005,658, filed on Apr. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0308396 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/12 (2006.01); A61M 16/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0045 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0003 (2014.02); A61M 16/06 (2013.01); A61M 16/125 (2014.02); A61M 16/208 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0225 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A breathing gas remixer, comprising:
a gas reservoir comprising a gas release valve and a fresh intake port;
a gas-reservoir tee interface comprising a stem branch coupled to a top of the gas reservoir, a first leg and a second leg opposite the first leg;
a mouthpiece having a longitudinal axis, a first port on one end, a second port opposite the first port and a mouthpiece opening that is normal to the longitudinal axis;
a mixing unit disposed internal to the gas reservoir and comprising an impeller, a microcontroller, a sensor, and a power supply supplying power to the impeller and the microcontroller;
an exhalation gas transport tube connected at a first exhalation-tube end to the first leg by a first connector and coupled at an opposite exhalation-tube end to the first port by a second connector, the exhalation gas transport tube fluidly coupling the mouthpiece opening and the gas reservoir via first and second one-way exhalation valves;
an inhalation gas transport tube coupled at a first inhalation-tube end to the second leg by a third connector and coupled at an opposite inhalation-tube end to the second port by a fourth connector, the inhalation gas transport tube fluidly coupling the mouthpiece opening and the mixing unit via first and second one-way inhalation valves;
wherein the gas reservoir is configured to store exhaled gas from a user that is received via the mouthpiece;
wherein the mixing unit is configured to generate a gas mix by mixing the exhaled gas with fresh air obtained through the fresh air intake port, using the impeller;
wherein the mixing unit delivers the gas mix to the mouthpiece via the inhalation gas transport tube; and
wherein each of the first connector, the second connector, the third connector and the fourth connector is a rotational connector, such that in a first configuration, the gas reservoir can be disposed on the user's back with the exhalation gas tube and the inhalation gas tube being disposed in an over-the-shoulder manner; or in a second configuration, the gas reservoir can be disposed in the user's lap with the exhalation gas tube, the inhalation gas tube and the mouthpiece rotated about 180 degrees relative to the first configuration.