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US 11,686,481 B2Granted
Prevention of microbial growth in a humidifier through nutrient limitation
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorEduard Antonius Van Der Zwan
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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorEduard Antonius Van Der Zwan
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The invention provides a humidifier apparatus (100) comprising (i) a first chamber (110) for containing water (101), (ii) a humidifying element (120) configured to facilitate evaporation and/or nebulization of water (101) contained in the first chamber (110), wherein the humidifying element (120) comprises a wick element (130), (iii) a replaceable or refillable unit (230) for containing an immobilized phosphate removing material (150), wherein the phosphate removing material (150) is configured to reduce a concentration of phosphate in water (101) before evaporation and/or nebulization of the water (101), and wherein the wick element (130) comprises the phosphate removing material (150), wherein the phosphate removing material (150) is comprised by the wick element (130) as one or more of impregnated phosphate removing material (150) and coated phosphate removing material (150), and wherein the wick element (130) is configured as the replaceable unit (230). Further, a wick element (130) comprising a phosphate removing material (150) is presented.
A humidifier apparatus, comprising:
A wick element for use in a humidifier, comprising a phosphate removing material, wherein the wick element is impregnated with the phosphate removing material and coated with the phosphate removing material, wherein the wick element is configured as a first replaceable or refillable unit for containing the phosphate removing material as an immobilized phosphate removing material, and wherein the phosphate removing material is also provided at a wall of a first chamber in a second replaceable or refillable unit in the humidifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.