A HUMIDIFIER FOR A RESPIRATORY THERAPY DEVICE

An apparatus for humidification of air to be delivered to a patient's airways may include a reservoir, and a humidifier chamber. The humidifier chamber may include a humidifier wick and a heating element for heating the humidifier chamber. The humidifier wick may comprise a fibrous sheet materi...

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Main Authors HARRINGTON, Matthew Rolf, CHAN, Andrew, STANISLAS, Luke Andrew, WU, Nan Hai
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 16.04.2020
Subjects
AIR-CONDITIONING, AIR-HUMIDIFICATION, VENTILATION, USE OF AIRCURRENTS FOR SCREENING
BLASTING
DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY
DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY
HEATING
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
RANGES
VENTILATING
WEAPONS
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Summary:An apparatus for humidification of air to be delivered to a patient's airways may include a reservoir, and a humidifier chamber. The humidifier chamber may include a humidifier wick and a heating element for heating the humidifier chamber. The humidifier wick may comprise a fibrous sheet material. The humidifier chamber and wick may be vertically oriented in use such that a first end of the wick is above the second end of the wick. A deioniser may be provided to deionise the liquid prior to the humidifier wick. The apparatus may pasteurise liquid to be delivered to the humidification wick.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201816476373