In-line dehumidifying device exposed to the ambient environment
US5501212A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 26, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M16/0808
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A dehumidifying device for use in a ventilator for reducing the relative humidity of the expired air of a patient has a plurality of tubes, permeable to moisture, arrayed in a bundle and encircled by a loosely wound spiral harness between a first connection section and a second connection section in the dehumidifying device. When gas expired by the patient reaches the dehumidifying device, the water vapor therein diffuses into the tubes, and the relative humidity of expired gas is decreased.
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