1. An anesthesia device comprising:
a breathing circuit including an inspiratory breathing gas duct and an expiratory breathing gas duct receiving an expired breathing gas;
a closable patient connection for connecting to the inspiratory breathing gas duct and expiratory breathing gas duct, the closable patient connection including a sealing cone for closing a patient connection patient end to provide a closed patient connection state in which the inspiratory breathing gas duct and the expiratory breathing gas duct of the breathing circuit remain connected and the breathing circuit is disconnected from the patient connection patient end or an automatic closing device to provide the closed patient connection state;
a breathing gas supply system introducing breathing gas into the breathing circuit;
a breathing gas outlet duct with a breathing gas outlet valve having a closed state and an open state, the breathing gas outlet duct being connected to the expiratory breathing gas duct and removing gas from the breathing circuit with the breathing gas outlet valve in the open state;
a breathing gas reservoir for intermediately storing breathing gas,
a PEEP valve arranged in the breathing circuit upstream of the breathing gas reservoir in a direction of flow of the breathing gas and downstream of the breathing gas outlet duct in the direction of flow of the breathing gas;
a breathing gas delivery means arranged in the breathing circuit downstream of the breathing gas reservoir in the direction of flow of the breathing gas;
an air inlet for introducing ambient air into the breathing circuit, wherein the air inlet is arranged between the PEEP valve and the breathing gas delivery means; and
a control means for controlling the ambient air entering through the air inlet, for controlling the breathing gas delivery means, for controlling the PEEP valve with the patient connection in the closed patient connection state and for controlling the breathing gas outlet valve, the control means, during a first phase, closing the PEEP valve, with the patient connection in the closed patient connection state, opening the breathing gas outlet valve and opening the air inlet and establishing a first phase gas flow path from the air inlet, through the breathing gas delivery means and through the breathing gas outlet duct, the first phase gas flow path being in flow connection with the breathing gas reservoir to cause a breathing gas volume to be delivered out of the breathing gas reservoir via the breathing gas outlet duct, based on the operation of the gas delivery means, for removing breathing gases from the breathing circuit and the control means, during a second phase, opening the PEEP valve, with the patient connection in the closed patient connection state, closing the breathing gas outlet valve and closing the air inlet and establishing a second phase gas flow path providing a circulation of gas in the breathing circuit to move breathing gas from an area between the PEEP valve and the breathing gas reservoir.
2. An anesthesia device in accordance with claim 1, wherein a sealing cone is provided for closing the patient connection.
3. An anesthesia device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the air inlet is arranged downstream of the breathing gas reservoir in the breathing circuit.
4. An anesthesia device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a first volume flow sensor provided in the breathing circuit in the expiratory breathing gas duct.
5. An anesthesia device in accordance with claim 4, further comprising a second volume flow sensor in the breathing circuit in the inspiratory breathing gas duct, wherein a proper closing of the patient connection in a closed patient connection state is determined by forming a difference of the values of the first volume flow sensor and the second volume flow sensor.
6. An anesthesia device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a CO2 absorber provided in the breathing circuit arranged downstream of the breathing gas reservoir.
7. An anesthesia device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a breathing gas measuring device for monitoring a concentration of anesthetic in the breathing gas, the breathing gas measuring device being arranged between the patient connection and the air inlet.
8. A process for operating an anesthesia device, the process comprising the steps of:
providing a breathing circuit including a closable Y-piece, an inspiratory breathing gas duct and an expiratory breathing gas duct, the closable Y-piece connecting the inspiratory breathing gas duct and expiratory breathing gas duct with a patient;
providing a breathing gas supply system introducing breathing gas into the breathing circuit;
providing a breathing gas outlet duct with a breathing gas outlet valve having a closed state and an open state, the breathing gas outlet duct being connected to the expiratory breathing gas duct and removing gas from the breathing circuit with the breathing gas outlet valve in the open state;
providing a breathing gas reservoir for intermediately storing breathing gas;
providing a PEEP valve arranged in the breathing circuit upstream of the breathing gas reservoir in a direction of flow of the breathing gas and downstream of the breathing gas outlet duct in the direction of flow of the breathing gas;
providing a breathing gas delivery means arranged in the breathing circuit downstream of the breathing gas reservoir in the direction of flow of the breathing gas;
providing an air inlet for introducing ambient air into the breathing circuit, wherein the air inlet is arranged between the PEEP valve and the breathing gas delivery means;
providing a control device;
closing the Y-piece with the control device or by applying a sealing cone to provide a closed Y-piece state in which the inspiratory breathing gas duct and the expiratory breathing gas duct of the breathing circuit remain connected and the breathing circuit is disconnected from the Y-piece patient end;
closing the PEEP valve with the control device;
opening the breathing gas outlet valve with the control device;
opening the air inlet with the control device; and
starting the breathing gas delivery means with the control device so that ambient air is drawn in by the breathing gas delivery means and breathing gas is delivered from the breathing circuit and a first phase gas flow path is established from the air inlet, through the breathing gas delivery means and through the breathing gas outlet duct, the first phase gas flow path being in flow connection with the breathing gas reservoir to cause a breathing gas volume to be delivered out of the breathing gas reservoir via the breathing gas outlet duct, based on the operation of the gas delivery means, for removing breathing gases from the breathing circuit.
9. A process for operating an anesthesia device in accordance with claim 8, wherein a breathing gas volume is measured with a first volume flow sensor andor a time is measured subsequent to starting the breathing gas delivery means.
10. A process for operating an anesthesia device in accordance with claim 9, wherein after reaching a predetermined breathing gas volume andor a predetermined time, the breathing gas outlet valve is closed and the PEEP valve is opened and a second phase gas flow path is established providing a circulation of gas in the breathing circuit to move breathing gas from an area between the PEEP valve and the breathing gas reservoir.
11. A process for operating an anesthesia device in accordance with claim 10, wherein a breathing gas volume andor time is measured.
12. A process for operating an anesthesia device in accordance with claim 11, wherein after reaching the predetermined breathing gas volume andor time, the process steps involving control with the control device for closing the Y-piece, closing the PEEP valve, opening the breathing gas outlet valve, opening of the air inlet and starting the breathing gas delivery device is started again or the Y-piece is opened and the air inlet is closed.
13. A process for operating an anesthesia device in accordance with claim 12, wherein a volume flow corresponds at least to a volume of a portion of the expiratory breathing gas duct between the PEEP valve and a port to the breathing gas reservoir.
14. A process for operating an anesthesia device in accordance with claim 8, wherein dry gas is fed into the breathing circuit from a central gas supply system, wherein the breathing gas delivery means is set such that a portion of the dry gas that is fed is sent through the inspiratory breathing gas duct and a portion of the dry gas that is fed is fed into the breathing circuit in a direction opposite to a direction of the inspiratory breathing gas duct.
15. An anesthesia device comprising:
a breathing circuit including an inspiratory breathing gas duct and an expiratory breathing gas duct receiving an expired breathing gas;
a closable Y-piece for connecting the inspiratory breathing gas duct and the expiratory breathing gas duct with a patient, the closable Y-piece including a sealing cone to provide a closed Y-piece state in which the inspiratory breathing gas duct and the expiratory breathing gas duct of the breathing circuit remain connected and the breathing circuit is disconnected from the Y-piece patient end or an automatic closing device to provide the closed Y-piece state;
a breathing gas supply system introducing breathing gas into the breathing circuit;
a breathing gas outlet duct with a breathing gas outlet valve having a closed state and an open state, the breathing gas outlet duct being connected to the expiratory breathing gas duct and removing gas from the breathing circuit with the breathing gas outlet valve in the open state;
a breathing gas reservoir for intermediately storing breathing gas,
a PEEP valve arranged in the expiratory breathing gas duct upstream of the breathing gas reservoir in a direction of flow of the breathing gas and downstream of the breathing gas outlet duct in the direction of flow of the breathing gas;
a breathing gas delivery means arranged in the breathing circuit downstream of the breathing gas reservoir in the direction of flow of the breathing gas;
an air inlet for introducing ambient air into the breathing circuit, wherein the air inlet is arranged between the PEEP valve and the breathing gas delivery means; and
a control means for controlling the air inlet such that the ambient air enters through the air inlet, for controlling the breathing gas delivery means, for controlling the PEEP valve to close the PEEP valve with the Y-piece in the closed Y-piece state and for controlling the breathing gas outlet valve to open the breathing gas outlet valve to establish a first phase gas flow path from the air inlet, through the breathing gas delivery means and through the breathing gas outlet duct, the first phase gas flow path being in flow connection with the breathing gas reservoir to cause a breathing gas volume to be delivered out of the breathing gas reservoir via the breathing gas outlet duct, based on the operation of the gas delivery means, for removing breathing gases from the breathing circuit and to establish a second phase flow path from the air inlet, through the breathing gas delivery means and through the PEEP valve, to move breathing gas from an area between the PEEP valve and the breathing gas reservoir.
16. An anesthesia device in accordance with claim 15, wherein the first phase gas flow path is formed by closing the Y-piece so that a connection between the Y-piece and the breathing gas reservoir is interrupted, whereby with the breathing gas outlet valve opened the control means removes breathing gases from the breathing circuit by suctioning air through the open air inlet with the breathing gas delivery means.
17. An anesthesia device in accordance with claim 16, wherein the second phase gas flow path is formed by closing the breathing gas outlet valve with the control means and opening the PEEP valve with the control means.
18. An anesthesia device in accordance with claim 15, further comprising a breathing gas measuring device for monitoring a concentration of anesthetic in the breathing gas, the breathing gas measuring device being arranged between the Y-piece and the air inlet.
19. An anesthesia device in accordance with claim 15, further comprising:
a first volume flow sensor provided in the breathing circuit in the expiratory breathing gas duct; and
a second volume flow sensor in the breathing circuit in the inspiratory breathing gas duct, wherein a proper closing of the Y-piece in the closed Y-piece state is determined by forming a difference of the values of the first volume flow sensor and the second volume flow sensor.
20. An anesthesia device in accordance with claim 15, further comprising a CO2 absorber provided in the breathing circuit arranged downstream of the breathing gas reservoir.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for establishing transactions among trading partners in a network, comprising:
maintaining, utilizing a processor and memory, a registry of machine-readable specifications specifying business services offered by trading partners, the machine-readable specifications including at least one of (i) definitions of, and (ii) references to definitions of, services offered and at least one of definitions of, and references to definitions of, documents to be returned by such services by trading partners; and
providing, in response to a request, one or more of the machine-readable specifications from said registry via a communication network to a requesting node;
wherein said machine-readable specifications are adapted to be parsed and include data that
identifies one or more transactions that accept input and generate an output document, and
describes sets of storage units and logical structures for the sets of storage units in said output document.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the definitions of the documents to be returned comprise respective descriptions of sets of storage units and logical structures for the sets of storage units.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the machine-readable specifications include documents compliant with a definition of a predefined document including logical structures for storing an identifier of a particular transaction, and at least one of definitions and references to definitions of output documents for the particular transaction.
4. The method of claim 1, including associating trading partners with said machine readable specifications.
5. An apparatus used for establishing transactions among trading partners in a network, comprising:
a network interface;
memory storing data and programs of instructions, including a registry of machine-readable specifications specifying business services offered by trading partners, the machine-readable specifications including at least one of (i) definitions of, and (ii) references to definitions of, services offered and at least one of definitions of, and references to definitions of, documents to be returned by such services by trading partners; and
a data processor coupled to the memory and the network interface which executes programs of instructions;
wherein said machine-readable specifications are adapted to be parsed and include data that
identifies one or more transactions that accept input and generate an output document, and
describes sets of storage units and logical structures for the sets of storage units in said output document;
wherein the programs of instructions include logic to provide, in response to a request received at the network interface, one or more of the machine-readable specifications from said registry via a communication network to a requesting node.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the definitions of the documents to be returned comprise respective descriptions of sets of storage units and logical structures for the sets of storage units.
7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the machine-readable specifications include documents compliant with a definition of a predefined document including logical structures for storing an identifier of a particular transaction, and at least one of definitions and references to definitions of output documents for the particular transaction.
8. A method for executing transactions among nodes in a network, the network including a plurality of nodes that execute processes involved in the transactions, comprising:
publishing through a communication network a machine-readable specification of an interface to an operation, the specification including at least one of (i) a definition of or (ii) a reference to a definition of one or more one output documents, the definition of the output documents comprising respective descriptions of sets of storage units and logical structures for the sets of storage units;
wherein said machine-readable specifications are adapted to be parsed and include data that
identifies one or more transactions that accept said input and generate said output document, and
describes sets of storage units and logical structures for the sets of storage units in said output documents;
receiving data comprising input through the communication network;
parsing the data to identify the input;
providing at least a portion of the input in a machine-readable format to a transaction process which produces an output;
forming an output document, based on the specification and according to the definition of the output documents; and
transmitting the output document through the communication network.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the definitions of the output documents to be returned comprise respective descriptions of sets of storage units and logical structures for the sets of storage units.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the machine-readable specifications include documents compliant with a definition of a predefined document including logical structures for storing an identifier of a particular transaction, and at least one of definitions and references to definitions of output documents for the particular transaction.
11. A method of executing operations requested by a consuming service running on a consuming server via a network, comprising:
exposing to at least one consuming service via a network an operation interface running on a providing server, the operation interface providing access to an operation running on a processing server and,
wherein the operation interface implements an interface definition stored in an operation interface definition data structure on an interface storage means and the interface definition data structure includes definitions of one or more output business documents, and the definitions include respective descriptions of sets of storage units and logical structures for the sets of storage units;
receiving at the providing server via the network an input from the consuming server;
parsing at the providing server the input to provide access to its content and logical structure and translating at least part of the parsed input into an internal input data object;
sending from the providing server to the operation running on the processing server the internal input data object;
receiving from the operation running on the processing server an output responsive to the input data object; and
transmitting via the network an output business document that conforms to the definition of the output business documents to the consuming server.
12. The method of claim 11, further including:
the providing server receiving back an internal output data object from the processing server; and
translating at the providing server the internal output data object into the output business document that is transmitted to the consuming server.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the output business documents conform to a standard Extensible Markup Language XML format.
14. A method for managing transactions among nodes in a network including a plurality of nodes which execute processes involved in the transactions, comprising:
storing machine-readable specifications of a plurality of participant interfaces, the participant interfaces identifying transactions, the respective transactions being identified by definitions of inputs and definitions of output documents, the definitions of the inputs and of the output documents comprising respective descriptions of sets of storage units and logical structures for the sets of storage units;
receiving input data through a communication network;
parsing the input data according to the specifications to identify an input and one or more transactions which accept the identified input;
providing at least a portion of the input in a machine-readable format to transaction processes associated with the one or more identified transactions.
15. The method of claim 14, including:
providing a repository storing a library of logical structures, schematic maps for logic structures, and definitions of documents comprising logic structures used to build participant interface descriptions.
16. The method of claim 15, including providing access to the repository through the communication network to other nodes in the network.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein the machine-readable specification includes documents compliant with a definition of a participant interface document including logical structures for storing an identifier of a particular transaction, and at least one of definitions and references to definitions of the inputs and of the output documents for the particular transaction.
18. The method of claim 14, wherein providing at least a portion of the input in a machine-readable format to transaction processes associated with the one or more identified transactions includes executing a routing process according to a processing architecture, and including:
compiling in response to the definitions of the input and of the output documents in the participant interfaces, data structures corresponding to the sets of storage units and logical structures of the input and of the output documents compliant with the processing architecture of the transaction process, instructions executable by the system to translate the input to the corresponding data structures.
19. The method of claim 14, wherein the providing at least a portion of the input in a machine-readable format to transaction processes associated with the one or more identified transactions includes executing a routing process according to a processing architecture, and including translating at least of portion of the input into a format readable according to the processing architecture.
20. Apparatus for managing transactions among nodes in a network including a plurality of nodes which execute processes involved in the transactions, comprising:
a network interface;
memory storing data and programs of instructions, including machine-readable specifications of a plurality of participant interfaces, the participant interfaces identifying transactions, the respective transactions being identified by definitions of inputs and definitions of output documents, the definitions of the inputs and output documents comprising respective descriptions of sets of storage units and logical structures for the sets of storage units;
a data processor coupled to the memory and the network interface which executes the programs of instructions; wherein the programs of instructions include
logic to receive data comprising a document through a network interface;
logic to parse the document according to the specifications to identify an input and one or more transactions which accept the identified input; and
logic to provide at least a portion of the input in a machine-readable format to transaction processes associated with the one or more identified transactions.
21. The apparatus of claim 20, including a repository stored in memory accessible by the data processor storing a library of logical structures, schematic maps for logic structures, and definitions of documents comprising logic structures used to build participant interface descriptions.
22. The apparatus of claim 20, including logic to access a repository stored in memory through the network interface storing a library of logical structures, schematic maps for logic structures, and definitions of documents comprising logic structures used to build participant interface descriptions.
23. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the machine-readable specification includes documents compliant with a definition of a participant interface document including logical structures for storing an identifier of a particular transaction, and at least one of definitions and references to definitions of the inputs and of the output documents for the particular transaction.
24. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the logic to provide at least a portion of the input in a machine-readable format to transaction processes associated with the one or more identified transactions includes a routing process according to a processing architecture, and including:
a compiler responsive to the definitions of the inputs and of the output documents in the participant interfaces, to compile data structures corresponding to the sets of storage units and logical structures of the inputs and of the output documents compliant with the processing architecture of the transaction, and to compile instructions executable by the data processor to translate the input to the corresponding data structures.
25. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the logic to provide at least a portion of the input in a machine-readable format to transaction processes associated with the one or more identified transactions includes a routing process according to a processing architecture, and including logic to translate at least of portion of the input into a format readable according to the processing architecture.