A61M 16/1045
Devices for humidifying or heating the inspired gas by using recovered moisture
Official title: {Devices for humidifying or heating the inspired gas by using recovered moisture or heat from the expired gas}
A61M16/1045 (Devices for humidifying or heating the inspired gas by using recovered moisture) appears on 469 US grants and 618 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 469
- Published applications
- 618
- Assignees
- 225
- Inventors
- 963
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 20 | 41 |
| 2024 | 32 | 49 |
| 2025 | 27 | 33 |
| 2026 | 14 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ventilator condensation trap29 Sep 2026US 12,746,361 B2
- Patient interface with a heat and moisture exchanger8 Sep 2026US 12,728,224 B2ResMed Pty Ltd
- Absorption arrangement with a CO2 absorber and a water trap and process for filtering out CO218 Aug 2026US 12,708,734 B2Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
- Ventilator7 Jul 2026US 12,673,178 B2
- Heat and moisture exchanger for patient interface30 Jun 2026US 12,667,688 B2ResMed Pty Ltd
- Oronasal patient interface adapted for use in positive airway pressure delivery8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306776 A1
- Tracheostomy monitoring system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295186 A1The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology
- Patient interfaces with condensation reducing or compensating arrangements18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166254 A1Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
- Heat and moisture exchanger (hmx) device for patient interface21 May 2026US 2026/0137894 A1ResMed Asia Pte. Ltd.
- Anti-microbial heat and moisture exchanger21 May 2026US 2026/0137895 A1Arthrex, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Nasal ventilation interface509US 6,478,026 B12002
- Ventilation interface for sleep apnea therapy438US 6,595,215 B2InnoMed Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- Ventilation interface for sleep apnea therapy308US 6,776,162 B2InnoMed Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Ventilation interface for sleep apnea therapy261US 6,807,967 B2InnoMed Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Ventilation interface for sleep apnea therapy236US 6,997,177 B2Inno Med Technologies, Inc. · 2006