US Patent Issued to DRAGERWERK on Dec. 30 for "Pneumatic module and process for supplying a consumer with a pressure surge-free stream of medical gases or medical air" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,393, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to DRAGERWERK AG & Co. KGAA (Lubeck, Germany).

"Pneumatic module and process for supplying a consumer with a pressure surge-free stream of medical gases or medical air" was invented by Thomas Rossen (Lubeck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic module (1) and a process supply a patient with breathing gas. An inlet (2) connects a medical gas source and an outlet (3) via a main flow duct (4) with a flow valve (5), setting a downstream volume flow, and a pressure relief valve (6) downstream of the flow valve (5) that vents the main flow duct (4) when a pressure is exceeded. A control du...