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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher Stratton Turnbull, Hythe, GB;
Assignee:
Smiths Industries PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820312 ; 12820317 ; 12820523 ; 12820413 ;
Abstract
A medical humidifier system for supplying humdified gas to a patient has a heat and moisture exchange device supplied with water from a pump, which is heated by a heater. A tracheal tube is connected to receive the humidified gas via tubing and a connector. The connector is mated with the machine end of the tracheal tube and includes a humidity sensor the output of which is connected to control humidification by controlling the speed of the pump and/or the temperature of the heater.