Method and device for humidifying respiratory gas
AssigneeLoewenstein Medical Technology S.A.
InventorsRuediger ALSHUT, Benno DOEMER, Matthias SCHWAIBOLD
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Abstract
A ventilator with a respiratory gas unit, and with a humidifier which comprises a heating element and a water container and is designed for coupling to the ventilator, comprising: at least one sensor which detects one or more parameters of the respiratory gas, at least one control unit for adjusting the heating power of the heating element at least partially on the basis of the parameter of the respiratory gas.
Claims20
A ventilator, wherein the ventilator comprises a respiratory gas unit and a humidifier comprising a heating element and a water container and being configured for coupling to the ventilator, and comprising:
- at least one sensor (which detects one or more parameters of the respiratory gas,
- at least one control unit for predefining a heating power of the heating element at least partially on the basis of the one or more parameters of the respiratory gas.
A method for predefining the heating power of a heating element in a ventilator with a humidifier, wherein at least one parameter of a respiratory gas is detected by a sensor, and wherein the predefining of the heating power is done at least partially on the basis of the parameter of the respiratory gas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.