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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Richard John Boyes, Auckland, NZ;
Andrew Martin Letton, Auckland, NZ;
Jeremy Livingston Miller, Auckland, NZ;
Andrew John Partington, Auckland, NZ;
Nordyn Alami, Auckland, NZ;
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
An electrically conductive plastic (ECP) material can be used to heat water in a reservoir of a respiratory humidifier to encourage heating and/or humidification of gases passing through the respiratory humidifier. The electrically conductive plastic material can at least in part overmould the base and/or walls of the chamber and/or the reservoir of the respiratory humidifier. The reservoir can also partially or fully be formed from the electrically conductive plastic material.