Respirator with active dehumidification

US8919343B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dräger Medical AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Radomski · Wulfen, DE
• Henning Gerder · Lübeck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 23, 2006
• Grant date: Dec 30, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 19, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/3673
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A respirator with active dehumidification of the breathing gas has a breathing gas cooler in the form of a Peltier element (16), whose warm side is arranged in the inspiration line 7 and whose cold side (18) is arranged in the expiration line 12.