Emergency Filtration Products Inc. Granted Patent on Portable Resuscitator.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000 Emergency Filtration Products Inc. ("EFP" or "the company")(OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :EMFP EMFP Ethnic/Racial Minority Fellowship Programs ) today announced that its latest product, a Portable Emergency Safety Resuscitator resuscitator (rĭsŭs`ĭtā'tər), device used to revive a person whose normal breathing has been disrupted. Several types are in wide use. ("Bag/Valve/Mask" or "BVM"), has been granted U.S. patent No. 6,062,217 and application serial No. 09/570,154. The company believes that no other product utilizes the unique combination of features which allows resuscitation to continue uninterrupted during medication and intubation intubation /in·tu·ba·tion/ (in?too-ba´shun) the insertion of a tube into a body canal or hollow organ, as into the trachea. endotracheal intubation procedures. The product inserts, between a source of air and a patient, a collapsible bag and a connecting complex. A nebulizer nebulizer /neb·u·liz·er/ (neb´u-li?zer) atomizer; a device for throwing a spray. neb·u·liz·er n. or aerosolizer for providing medication can be attached to the connecting complex. Additionally, the connecting complex includes an aperture with a removably attached self-sealing membrane through which medications can be administered with a syringe. The connecting complex can communicate with the patient through either a mask or an endotracheal tube. EFP's patented RespAide(TM) valve precludes liquids or gases expelled by the patient from reaching either the point of attachment for the nebulizer and aerosolizer or the collapsible bag. The same valve also filters the patient's breath of virus and/or bacteria before it reaches the atmosphere. Emergency Filtration Products holds U.S. and international patents on its 2H(TM) filtration technology which combines both hydrophobic (moisture repellent) and hydrophilic hydrophilic /hy·dro·phil·ic/ (-fil´ik) readily absorbing moisture; hygroscopic; having strongly polar groups that readily interact with water. hy·dro·phil·ic adj. (moisture absorbent) filter media, and on its flagship product, RespAide(TM). RespAide is designed to protect both patient and rescuer from bacterial and viral infections during mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. It is a designated Class Two Medical Device with FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. 510K approval. It has also been granted military stocking numbers. Independent laboratory tests show RespAide's(TM) filtration efficiencies to be "greater than 99.99 percent" at 0.027 microns. For further information on Emergency Filtration Products, see its Web site at http://www.emergencyfiltration.com. |
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