Device for wetting and heating gases, preferably breathing gases in respirators

US4013742A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Volker Lang · Gauting, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 1975
• Grant date: Mar 22, 1977
• Expiry date: Jul 28, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S261/65
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a humidifying and heating apparatus for respiratory gas, a transformer for inductively heating a humidifying liquid is provided in a housing having a socket, whilst a vessel for containing the liquid is made as a separable sterilizable or disposable unit through which the respiratory gas can be passed and which has a plug connector releasably engaged in the socket. The secondary transformer winding is in the form of a plate which is disposed in the plug connector and comprises an upper portion in contact with the liquid and a lower portion straddling the transformer core.