×

Evaporation chamber for a respiratory gas humidifier

  • US 6,718,973 B2
  • Filed: 07/30/2001
  • Issued: 04/13/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An evaporator chamber for mixing water vapor with a respiratory gas, the evaporator chamber comprising:

  • a hollow body having a wall defining an inner wall surface having an essentially cylindrical shape;

    said hollow body having an upper end and a lower end;

    said hollow body having a supply opening through which the respiratory gas is supplied essentially tangentially to said inner wall surface;

    said hollow body further having an inlet opening for water vapor which mixes in said hollow body with said respiratory gas to form a humidified respiratory gas;

    an outlet opening disposed at said lower end through which said humidified respiratory gas flows out of said hollow body; and

    , said supply opening being mounted at said upper end so that said outlet opening is disposed at said lower end and so that said inlet opening is arranged between said supply opening and said outlet opening.

View all claims
  • 3 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×