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DEMAND VALVE [2 records]

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Record 1 2005-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • The Lungs
DEF

A valve which allows the patient to inhale spontaneously over and above the delivered volume, or between delivered breaths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Poumons
CONT

En position «Demand». Cette position est destinée aux patients intubés, mais restant en ventilation spontanée. Le patient ventile à travers la valve à la demande et sous une concentration [d'oxygène] de 50 ou 100 %.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Underwater Diving (Sports)
  • Diving (Naval Forces)
DEF

... an automatic device for maintaining or adjusting the flow of air equal to the ambient pressure of the water.

OBS

regulator: Term officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

CONT

A diving regulator is a device used by a SCUBA diver in an Aqualung to supply the diver with breathing gas at ambient pressure from a high pressure diving cylinder.

PHR

Demand regulator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plongée sous-marine (Sports)
  • Plongée (Forces navales)
DEF

Partie de l'appareil respiratoire qui fournit au plongeur gaz et air à la pression voulue.

CONT

Le détendeur est un appareil qui sert à réduire la pression de l'air comprimé provenant de la bouteille de plongée. C'est le détendeur qui permet au plongeur de respirer en ramenant l'air à la pression ambiante.

CONT

Le détendeur [...] détend l'air par un jeu de ressorts et de clapets, agissant sous l'influence d'une membrane souple en contact avec l'eau.

OBS

détendeur : Terme officialisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Buceo (Deportes)
  • Buceo (Fuerzas navales)
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