| 摘要 |
During the administration of NO to a patient, NO reacts with oxygen in the respiratory gas to form NO2. Since NO2 is a toxic gas, minimizing the formation of this gas is important. A previously unknown property of NO has been discovered which means that an initial amount of NO2 is formed when NO and O2 mix. But when NO is added at a plurality of mixing points, the total initial amount of NO2 formed can be reduced. The invention is directed to this new method and to a device (4) for carrying out the mixing method. The device (4) contains a flow regulator (20) for regulating the gas, containing NO, which is to be supplied and a flow divider (24) for distributing the flow and sending sub-flows to the various mixing points (26A-26D). <IMAGE>
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