Active humidifier and thermoregulated circuit integrating such active humidifier
AssigneeDIMAR S.r.l.
InventorMaurizio BORSARI
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Abstract
An active humidifier includes a disposable cartridge provided with a humidification chamber adapted to contain water to be heated for air humidification, with an inlet mouth for air introduced by a ventilation device and with an outlet mouth for conditioned air to a patient, the cartridge includes a disposable heating element directly inserted inside the humidification chamber close to the bottom and distanced therefrom, immersed in the water and lapped on all sides, the cartridge also includes an electrical connector for the electrical connection of the disposable heating element, and the disposable heating element includes an electrical resistor and in the humidification chamber is a sealed casing entirely made of plastic material.
Claims15
An active humidifier comprising a disposable cartridge provided with a humidification chamber adapted to contain water to be heated for air humidification, with an inlet mouth for air introduced by a ventilation device and with an outlet mouth for conditioned air to a patient, wherein said cartridge comprises a disposable heating element directly inserted inside the humidification chamber close to the bottom and distanced therefrom, immersed in the water and lapped on all sides, as well as an electrical connector for the electrical connection of the disposable heating element, wherein said disposable heating element comprises an electrical resistor and that said humidification chamber is a sealed casing entirely made of plastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.