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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1983
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Instrumentarium Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55 18 ; 55 55 ;
Abstract
A method of separating water from a gas sample. The gas sample is conducted from a patient to a water separating chamber having a tapered lower end. A continuous branch flow is produced from the gas sample for the separation of water, and the branch flow with the separated water is discharged from the lower end of the chamber to a first outlet by applying a vacuum to the first outlet. The gas is continuously withdrawn from the upper end of the chamber through a second outlet by applying a vacuum to said second outlet. The flow through the respective outlets is regulated so that the flow through the first outlet is preferably less than the flow through the second outlet.