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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2022
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Donald J. Novkov, Encinitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01); A61M 16/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/109 (2014.02); A61M 16/162 (2013.01); A61M 2205/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure describes systems and methods for humidifying ventilator delivered breathing gases. These systems and methods utilize a hollow cone atomizer (e.g., a pressure swirl atomizer) and/or a heating element associated with a heating circuit and/or a heating tube. In some aspect, the systems and methods utilize received flow, temperature, and/or humidity information to determine an amount of water to add to breathing gases to reach a desired humidity of the breathing gases delivered to the patient. In further aspects, the humidification system can serve as a nebulization system for delivering nebulized medicine.