CPC A61M 16/0087 (2013.01) [A61M 16/024 (2017.08); A61M 16/06 (2013.01); A61M 16/0672 (2014.02); A61M 16/0816 (2013.01); A61M 16/1005 (2014.02); A61M 16/202 (2014.02); A62C 2/04 (2013.01); A62C 3/00 (2013.01); A61M 11/00 (2013.01); A61M 16/0875 (2013.01); A61M 16/204 (2014.02); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |
1. A method of preventing a fire in an oxygen delivery system, the method comprising:
opening an electronic flow control valve to deliver a flow of oxygen through tubing from an oxygen source to a patient interface, the electronic flow control valve in communication with the tubing for controlling the flow of oxygen; and
at a predetermined time interval, closing the electronic flow control valve to pause the flow of oxygen for a predetermined time period, the predetermined time period being less than the predetermined time interval, the closing of the electronic flow control valve to extinguish a fire, if the fire is present inside at least one of the patient interface and the tubing.
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