DEVICE FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF RESPIRATORY GASES, COMPRISING A PASSIVE RESPIRATORY GAS HUMIDIFYER, WHERE RAYS OF LIGHT ARE TRANSMITTED THROUGH A DEHUMIFIED GAS FLOW

摘要

The invention relates to an arrangement for the quantitative analysis of respiratory gases to and from a patient connected to a respirator for breathing assistance, wherein the arrangement includes an adapter (1) that has connections (4) for a respirator or the like and connections (3) for a hose leading to teh patient, wherein the adapter includes between the respirator connection (4) and the hose connections (3) a passive respiratory gas humidifier (4), wherein a connection for a measuring head (2) for a gas analyser is provided between the passive humidifier (14) and the respirator connection (4), and wherein the measuring head connection includes two windows (7) through which rays of light from the measuring head (2) can pass.