Respiratory Care Equipments
Respiratory Care Equipments are anesthesia machines, disposable endotracheal tubes, laryngeal mask airways (LMAs), disposable tracheostomy tubes, anesthesia circuits, anesthesia masks, disposable oxygen masks, oxygen cannulas, Humidifiers, Nebulizers, CPAP/Bi-level Devices, Oxygen Equipment and disposable resuscitators.Respiratory diseases are among the most common ailments across the world. Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are the major causes of mortality rates among children and elderly.
Humidifiers and vaporizers are devices that add moisture to the air. A humidifier makes the air moist with a cool mist. A vaporizer uses a hot mist to put moisture in the air. Oxygen humidifier is a type of humidifier which is usually used for people who are getting oxygen. This type of humidifier uses a plastic (or glass) bottle to store clean water. The humidifier attaches to the oxygen tank, and oxygen bubbles through the water in the bottle. The oxygen tubing that leads to your nasal cannula or mask is also attached to the humidifier. Using this type of humidifier may help to keep your nose from getting dry.
Your caregiver or oxygen supply company will show you how to correctly attach the humidifier and tubing. Follow the cleaning directions that come with the bottle. If you do not have directions, use soap and warm water to clean the bottle. Make sure you rinse well.
Empty and refill the humidifier bottle with fresh water at least once a day. Always clean the bottle before you refill it. You may use tap water for cleaning, but use sterile or distilled water when refilling the bottle. A pre-filled bottle can also be used. Do not use tap water to fill the bottle. There are minerals and other things in tap water that could damage your equipment. Hook the humidifier to your oxygen tank. Attach the tubing of your nasal cannula or mask to the humidifier. Check the water level throughout the day. If the level is low, wash the bottle and refill the water.
A nasal cannula for delivering air to a patient's nares. Two delivery tubes are provided to supply air to a pair of nasal inserts each of which conform to the shape of the nare. Properly placed bleed ports reduce noise and reduce carbon dioxide retained in the system. The nasal cannula is positioned on the face with the aid of a strap system. There are many types of nasal cannula according to the patients requirement.
A nebulizer is a type of "breathing machine" used to give medicine in a mist form. It's an effective way to give medications for breathing problems such as asthma. Another way to give an inhaled medicine is to use a device called an inhaler. But sometimes that doesn't work very well for infants and young children because, unlike using a nebulizer, it can be hard to use the right inhaler technique so that they get the whole prescribed dose. It is commonly used in treating cystic fibrosis, asthma, and other respiratory diseases. they pump air or oxygen through a liquid medicine to turn it into a vapor, which is then inhaled by the patient.
An oxygen delivery device such as an oxygen mask or tracheotomy mask includes a mask body having an enlarged port, an adapter secured at the port end rotatable 360.degree. therearound, an orifice on the adapter offset relative to the axis of rotation, and a pipe having one end rotatably secured at the orifice and which pipe is along its length.
A tracheostomy mask for delivering gaseous therapeutics to a patient fitted with an tracheostomy tube includes a mask body and an alignment stabilizer. The mask body has an opening to receive oxygen and humidification to be delivered to a patient. The alignment stabilizer is supported by the mask body and maintains alignment between the mask body and the tracheostomy tube inserted within the neck of a patient. By maintaining this alignment, the tracheostomy mask with alignment stabilizer insures reliable therapeutic delivery to the patient.
An oxygen regulator for supplying a recipient with breathable fluid in response to an inhalation demand. A diaphragm which is responsive to the inhalation demand operates a balanced oxygen valve to allow pressurized oxygen flow into a mixing chamber. The flow of pressurized oxygen into the mixing chamber draws air into the mixing chamber through an altitude responsive valve. The pressurized oxygen and air are combined in the mixing chamber to create a volume of breathable fluid sufficient to meet the inhalation demand of the recipient.
Oxygen-conserving regulator assembly is an apparatus, provided for controlling discharge of oxygen from an oxygen supply source to a patient. The apparatus includes an oxygen supply inlet, a pressure regulator coupled to the oxygen supply inlet and configured to reduce pressure of oxygen received from the oxygen supply inlet to a selected magnitude, a flow controller coupled to the pressure regulator and configured to meter oxygen received from the pressure regulator at a selected flow rate, and an oxygen distribution assembly including a pneumatic demand oxygen valve and a conduit conducting oxygen discharged from the flow controller through the pressure regulator to the pneumatic demand oxygen valve for delivery to a patient. The flow controller includes a chamber and a rotary valve for splitting oxygen discharged from the chamber into a first stream in an oxygen supply passageway for use by a patient and a second stream in a diaphragm supply passageway for controlling operation of pneumatic demand oxygen valve.