General Electric Company
SYSTEMS FOR ANESTHETIC AGENT VAPORIZATION

Abstract:

Methods and systems are provided for delivering anesthetic agent to a patient. In one embodiment, a liquid anesthetic agent container includes a base region, an interior of the base region configured to hold liquid anesthetic agent and a capillary force vaporizer (CFV). The CFV can be configured to couple to a vapor reservoir of a patient breathing circuit to supply vaporized anesthetic agent vaporized by the CFV to a patient, the CFV comprising a heating element, a temperature of the heating element controllable by a driver of the patient breathing circuit based at least in part on a pressure of the vapor reservoir as measured by a pressure sensor coupled to the vapor reservoir.