Apparatus for delivering humidified gases
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1. An apparatus for use in humidified gases delivery treatment comprising:
- a housing, a pressurised gases supply within said housing, a pressurised gases outlet in said housing in fluid connection with said pressurised gases supply and adapted to make fluid connection with an inlet of a heatable water chamber in order to provide gases flow to said chamber, a humidified gases return in said housing, adapted to make fluid connection with an outlet of said chamber in order to receive humidified gases from said chamber, a chamber heating means connected to said housing and, said housing includes a humidifier engagement locating said chamber adjacent said chamber heating means, said chamber heating means adapted to vaporise liquid water in said water chamber in order to provide water vapour to said gases flow passing through said water chamber, a patient outlet in said housing, in fluid connection with said humidified gases return in order to receive humidified gases from said humidified gases return and provide humidified gases to said patient outlet, said patient outlet being in fluid connection with or adapted to make fluid connection with a breathing conduit for delivery of humidified gases to a patient, and wherein said humidification chamber has a base, and said chamber is engagable with said humidifier engagement via a single motion, and said single motion of engagement urges the base of said humidification chamber adjacent and in contact with said chamber heating means and makes a first fluid connection between said pressurised gases outlet and said humidifier inlet, and makes a second fluid connection between said humidified gases return and said humidifier outlet, with said first and second fluid connections being made in the direction of said single motion.
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An apparatus for delivering humidified gases has a connection manifold (8) adapted to connect with inlet (5) and outlet (6) ports of a slide-on water chamber (2) in a single slide on motion. Connection of the gases inlet (5) and gases outlet (6) ports as well as any additional electrical and/or pneumatic connections are all made in the same slide on motion. The water chamber (2) may include inwardly extending elongate extension tubes (30,31) and at least one of the extension tubes may also have an air bleed aperture (33) to aid filling of the chamber (2).
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1. An apparatus for use in humidified gases delivery treatment comprising:
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a housing, a pressurised gases supply within said housing, a pressurised gases outlet in said housing in fluid connection with said pressurised gases supply and adapted to make fluid connection with an inlet of a heatable water chamber in order to provide gases flow to said chamber, a humidified gases return in said housing, adapted to make fluid connection with an outlet of said chamber in order to receive humidified gases from said chamber, a chamber heating means connected to said housing and, said housing includes a humidifier engagement locating said chamber adjacent said chamber heating means, said chamber heating means adapted to vaporise liquid water in said water chamber in order to provide water vapour to said gases flow passing through said water chamber, a patient outlet in said housing, in fluid connection with said humidified gases return in order to receive humidified gases from said humidified gases return and provide humidified gases to said patient outlet, said patient outlet being in fluid connection with or adapted to make fluid connection with a breathing conduit for delivery of humidified gases to a patient, and wherein said humidification chamber has a base, and said chamber is engagable with said humidifier engagement via a single motion, and said single motion of engagement urges the base of said humidification chamber adjacent and in contact with said chamber heating means and makes a first fluid connection between said pressurised gases outlet and said humidifier inlet, and makes a second fluid connection between said humidified gases return and said humidifier outlet, with said first and second fluid connections being made in the direction of said single motion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A humidifier chamber for use with a gases humidification apparatus comprising:
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a container, with a surrounding wall and top, and an open bottom, a heat conductive base enclosing said open bottom of said container, a gases inlet to said container, a gases outlet to said container, a first elongate flow tube extending into said humidifier container from the inner periphery of said gases inlet, with an opening at a distal end of said flow tube being spaced from said wall of said chamber, a second elongate flow tube extending into said humidifier container from the inner periphery of said gases outlet, with an opening at a distal and of said flow tube being spaced from said wall of said chamber, said first and second flow tubes being substantially parallel to each other, and substantially parallel to said base of said chamber, and said gases inlet and said gases outlet facing the same direction, a preferred insertion direction, and said preferred insertion direction is substantially parallel to the said base of said chamber, such that said humidifier chamber may make operable engagement with a heater base in a single motion, and fluid connection with said gases outlet and said gases inlet, being also made in said single motion. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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