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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Cary E. Mcghin, Sugar Hill, GA (US);
Robert L. Snyder, Suwanee, GA (US);
Inventors:
Cary E. McGhin, Sugar Hill, GA (US);
Robert L. Snyder, Suwanee, GA (US);
Assignee:
Smiths Medical ASD, Inc., Rockland, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 3/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01); A62B 7/00 (2006.01); H05B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A breathing circuit includes inspiratory and expiratory limbs, each having a respective electrically energizable heating circuit. The heating circuits are independently and selectively electrically energized through separate power circuits such as to control the temperature in each limb in a desired fashion so as to reduce rainout in the breathing circuit and particularly in the expiratory limb.