Patent attributes
The invention relates to an arrangement in ventilatory treatment of the lungs of a living creature (2) under anaesthesia, comprising valve equipment (4) devised for carrying an insufflation gas and/or an insufflation gas mixture from a unit for pulmonary ventilation (3) into the lungs and airways (2a) of the living creature and permitting expiration of gas and/or gas mixture held in the airways and gas measurement equipment (6) in the sensor unit (61, 62, 63). The said valve equipment (4) and a combination of the said sensor units (61, 62, 63) are arrayed close together. They are connected to an end section of a bundle of hoses (30) from the unit for pulmonary ventilation, and the said sensor units are located closer to the living creature (2) than the said valve equipment (4).