| abstract |
Respiration monitoring equipment comprises, in one embodiment, a medical face mask ( 2 ), adapted to be located adjacent, or to cover a patient's nostrils and/or mouth; a transducer ( 7 ) adapted to be impinged by the patient's inspired and/or expired breaths, being sensitive to the presence and/or absence of a respiratory air flow, and being capable of emitting electrical signals in accordance with the presence and/or absence of a respiratory air flow; and a monitoring unit ( 9 ) electrically connected to the transducer ( 7 ) and responsive to the presence and/or absence of signals emitted by the transducer ( 7 ), and including means of triggering at least an alarm signal in the circumstances of non-detection of respiratory air flow within one or more predetermined parameters. Another embodiment provides for “cordless” monitoring, with a transmitter unit ( 11 ) at the face mask ( 2 ) and a receiver ( 12 ) at the monitoring unit ( 9 ). |