Humidification apparatus
AssigneeFisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
InventorsRichard Reid O'neil Finlayson, Peter Lawrence Grylls, Yi-Cheng Sun, Douglas Richard Wright, Sergiu Constantin Filip
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus that can be used to humidify a stream of air that may be delivered to a patient for respiratory assistance during Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) therapy. The apparatus includes a humidification chamber and compartment that receives the humidification chamber in which the humidification chamber is secured in the compartment to enhance thermal engagement, for example, between a heater plate of the compartment and a heater base of the humidification chamber.
Claims20
A humidification apparatus including:
- a humidification chamber having a heater base;
- a compartment having a heater plate and a compartment body that receives the humidification chamber;
- a coupling that acts between the humidification chamber and the compartment body, the coupling imparting a holding force to hold the heater base of the humidification chamber relative to the heater plate of the compartment, the coupling comprising at least one laterally-moving latch mounted to the humidification chamber and at least one recess positioned on the compartment body, the at least one laterally-moving latch and the at least one recess together holding the humidification chamber relative to the compartment body while being configured to enable the humidification chamber to be removed from the compartment body with a single hand;
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- an actuator for the at least one laterally-moving latch, the actuator being configured such that the humidification chamber is removed from the compartment body without a user releasing the actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.