Fluid drying mechanism
AssigneeOridion Medical 1987 Ltd.
InventorsGershon Levitsky, Joshua Lewis Colman
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Abstract
There is provided an exhaled breath moisture reduction system including a dryer mechanism and a connector adapted to connect the dryer mechanism proximate to a respiratory output device. There is also provided an exhaled breath sampling assembly including an airway adaptor and a moisture reduction sleeve comprising a material adapted to reduce moisture and a connector adapted to connect said sleeve substantially adjacent to a breath sampling inlet within the adaptor. Also provided, a method of sampling breath which includes attaching an exhaled breath moisture reduction sleeve substantially adjacent to a breath sampling inlet.
Claims10
A sidestream gas sampling assembly, comprising:
- a dryer tube adapted to condense out moisture, the dryer tube being impermeable to gases and having an inlet, an outlet, and an inner wall defining a channel through the dryer tube from the inlet to the outlet, the inlet adapted to receive exhaled breath for analysis;
- a molded-on connector that covers the outlet of the dryer tube, the molded-on connector having a male adaptor, the male adaptor having a substantially triangular protrusion configured to be inserted into a female connector;
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- a filter disposed in the dryer tube and adapted to absorb moisture, wherein moisture absorbed by the filter is condensed out over at least a portion of the dryer tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.