Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Lawrence Anthony Jacob

Benjamin Irwin Shelly

Richard Andrew Sofranko

John Raymond Pujol

David W Smith

Michael B Knepper

A conduit for communicating a flow of breathing gas from a pressure generating device to the airway of a patient. The conduit includes a first end which is structured to be coupled to the pressure generating device for receiving the flow of breathing gas and an opposite second end which is structured to be coupled to a patient interface device. The conduit further includes an active control element positioned at or near the second end; a first heating wire connected between the active control element and a first connection terminal positioned at or about the first end; and a second heating wire connected between the active control element and a second connection terminal positioned at or about the first end. Each of the first and second connection terminals are structured to be connected to a tube power supply.

Heated conduit for delivering gas to a patient

An airway pressure support system () that includes a pressure generating device () structured to produce a flow of gas and a component () such as a patient interface device () structured to be selectively coupled to the pressure generating device (), wherein the pressure generating device () and the component () are structured to enable the component () to be to wirelessly identified by the pressure generating device () only when the component () is coupled to the pressure generating device (). Also, a method of identifying a component () in an airway pressure support system () that includes steps of coupling the component () to a pressure generating device () of the airway pressure support system () and enabling the component () to be to wirelessly identified by the pressure generating device () only when the component () is coupled to the pressure generating device.

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Lawrence Anthony Jacob