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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:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David A Gloyd, Columbia, MD (US);
Emigdio A Uribe, Marriotsville, MD (US);
Robert J Koch, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Harry E Belsinger, Jr, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Ohmeda Inc., Liberty Corner, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H / ; A61G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
392403 ; 600 22 ;
Abstract
A heated humidifier for an infant incubator wherein the water in the water reservoir is heated by an active heater located above the surface of the water and a heat exchanger that transfers heat from the active heater and which extends downwardly to a point beneath the water surface to heat the water. In the preferred embodiment, the heat exchanger is an extruded member in the shape of an I-beam to transfer the heat from an electric heater above the surface of the water to heat the volume of water in the reservoir to create water vapor.