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Moisture barrier and bacteria barrier for medical components

US6397846B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 1999
Grant dateJun 4, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S55/35
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An arrangement to provide a moisture barrier and bacteria barrier for various medical components that is connected to a measuring tube, arranged in the flow paths of a respirator is simple and inexpensive and exchangeable and does not cause a flow resistance in the flow paths of the respirator. A carrier carries at least two moisture barriers and bacteria barriers such that one barrier, given a carrier introduced in the respirator, is arranged exactly in front of each component.

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