Inventors:
Michael Paul Mitton - Sun Prairie WI, US
Robert Quinyew Tham - Middleton WI, US
Gary James Choncholas - Madison WI, US
Jaron Matthew Acker - Madison WI, US
John Raymond Pinkert - Madison WI, US
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:
A61M 16/00
Abstract:
A method sets a subject's expiratory time based on the subject's natural exhalation time, when the subject's natural exhalation flow ceases, and/or when the subject's tidal volume is expired. Another determines the subject's natural exhalation time, when the subject's natural exhalation flow ceases, and/or when the subject's tidal volume is expired, and sets the subject's expiratory time based on the determination. In addition, a flow rate sensor determines the subject's natural exhalation time, when the subject's natural exhalation flow ceases, and/or when the subject's tidal volume is expired, and bases the subject's expiratory time on the determination.