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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
May. 13, 2009
Applicants:
Alessandra Pedarzini, Finale Emilia, IT;
Stefano Tralli, Felonica, IT;
Marco Lodi, Mirandola, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Covidien AG, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A filter and/or HME device including an upper shell suitable to be connected to ventilation means, a lower shell suitable to be connected to a tracheal or tracheostomy tube of a patient, a filter and/or HME element disposed between the upper shell and the lower shell and a condensation screen disposed in front of the filter and/or HME element and facing the lower shell wherein the condensation screen has a conical wall extending from the opposite part of the filter and/or HME element to produce, together with a portion of the lower shell a collection chamber for the condensation that forms.