Patent · US Expired

Water chamber

US6398197B1 · kind B1 · utility

268Cited by
10References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 4, 2000
Grant dateJun 4, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 4, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S261/65
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A water chamber has a horizontally orientated gas inlet with an elongate flow tube extending into the water chamber from the inner periphery of the gases inlet. An inlet end of the elongate flow tube covers the inlet and an outlet end of the flow tube is spaced from the wall of the chamber. In use the flow tube receives gases supplied to the gases inlet, the gases pass through the flow tube and exit the flow tube at the outlet end distant from the wall.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.