Humidification device communications

A respiratory or surgical humidification system comprising:

• a respiratory or surgical humidifier comprising one or more communication interfaces;
• and
• a medical device external to the respiratory or surgical humidifier, the medical device comprising:
• one or more communication interfaces;
• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory devices, the memory device(s) having stored thereon instructions for causing one or more of the processor(s) to:
• obtain, using one or more of the communication interface(s) of the medical device, configuration information for the respiratory or surgical humidifier and configuration information for the medical device;
• and
• a. configure the medical device according to the obtained configuration information for the medical device;
• and/or
• b. provide, using one or more of the communication interface(s) of the medical device, the configuration information for the respiratory or surgical humidifier to the respiratory or surgical humidifier.

A system comprising:

• a respiratory or surgical humidifier;
• and
• a flow generator configured to be operatively connected to the respiratory or surgical humidifier;
• wherein:
• the respiratory or surgical humidifier is configured to log operational data of the respiratory or surgical humidifier and operational data of the flow generator;
• and/or
• the flow generator is configured to log operational data of the flow generator and operational data of the respiratory or surgical humidifier.