Continuous positive airway pressure system

摘要

A passive continuous positive airway intratracheal pulmonary ventilation system which includes an inspiration limb and an expiration limb which are pressure balanced by inflatable bags. An intratracheal pulmonary ventilation system is provided which includes a catheter having a tip which is positioned through a low resistance endotracheal tube at or near a patient's carina. A constant source of an oxygen-containing gas flows through the catheter. The catheter has a tip which deflects and reverses the flow direction of the oxygen-containing gas.