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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Scott Robert Mackie, Auckland, NZ;
Craig Karl White, Auckland, NZ;
Brett John Huddart, Auckland, NZ;
Daniel John Smith, Auckland, NZ;
Hussein Kadhum, Auckland, NZ;
Malcolm David Smith, Auckland, NZ;
Scott Robert Mackie, Auckland, NZ;
Craig Karl White, Auckland, NZ;
Brett John Huddart, Auckland, NZ;
Daniel John Smith, Auckland, NZ;
Hussein Kadhum, Auckland, NZ;
Malcolm David Smith, Auckland, NZ;
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
A gases delivery conduit for the supply of humidified medical gases as formed from an extruded plastic tube. The extruded plastic tube includes at least one heating element embedded within the wall of the tube. The heating element includes a pair of electrical conductors separated by a positive temperature coefficient material wherein the localised resistance of the material is positively related to the localised temperature.