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7347203 Heat and moisture filter exchanger and method  
A heat and moisture exchanger for both conducting a stream of air produced by a ventilator to a moisturizing medium and internally bypassing the moisturizing medium if aerosolized medication is...
7322566 Device for heating and moistening breathing air  
A device for conditioning breathing air includes a housing ( 1 ) provided with an inlet ( 5 ) for non treated breathing air and an outlet ( 6 ) for the treated breathing air. The housing ( 1 )...
7210476 Breathing-speaking valve  
The present invention relates to a breathing-speaking valve intended to be used as a speaking valve of patients requiring filtration of inspiration air inhaled via tracheostomas and are mounted on...
7096864 Device for supplying respiratory gas  
An apparatus for supplying a respiratory gas includes a blowing device for delivering the respiratory gas, a housing device having a bottom region, a top surface region and a side region extending...
7069928 Heat-moisture exchanger with aerosol by-pass  
A first and second housing is joined together by a middle housing rotatable with respect to the first and second housing. The first and second housings have conduits passing through exterior walls...
7036503 Face-wearing humidifier  
A humidifier having a heat-generating composition for generating steam is disclosed. The humidifier is permitted to fit the face, keeping the humidity high at a space between the face and the...
7032592 Gas dosing device  
A device for the dosing of a dry additive gas into a breathing gas in a ventilator system, the ventilator system including a tubing system connectable by at a distal end to a patient, and has a...
6976488 Medication bypass heat and moisture exchange unit  
The present invention provides a heat and moisture exchange (HME) unit that includes a housing having a fibrous media in the housing that is designed to absorb and retain moisture and heat from...
6968841 Heat and moisture exchanger  
A device for passive humidification of tracheostomized or intubated patients, comprising an outer body which forms an opening for connection to the patient and is connected to at least one seat of...
6941945 Device for collecting liquid from exhalation gas from a patient  
The invention refers to a device for collecting liquid from exhalation gas from a patient. The device includes a first pipe conduit ( 5, 8 ) for the supply of inhalation gas to the patient, a...
6904911 Disposable active humidifier for the mechanical ventilation of a patient  
A disposable active humidifier for the mechanical ventilation of a patient, which has the particularity that it comprises a cartridge which forms a humidification chamber which is delimited by an...
6868852 Cold weather breathing apparatus  
A cold weather breathing device that protects the face including the mouth and nostril area from direct exposure to the external environment, prevents a user's goggles from fogging in cold...
6866042 Conserver for pressurized gas tank  
A pressurized gas supply system includes a pressurized container which expands and contracts. The container includes a one-piece liner molded from a polymer which is reinforced by a high tensile...
6807964 Cold weather breathing device  
A cold weather breathing device and method. Exhaled air warmed by the lungs of a user is flowed into contact with a heat exchange medium to heat the heat exchange medium. The heat exchange medium...
6772758 Breathing protector  
A breathing protector for a laryngectomized or tracheotemized person to be applied over a tracheostoma includes a heat-moisture exchanger body which communicates with the tracheostoma through an...
6739339 Self-moistening tracheostomy device  
A self-moistening tracheostomy device including a box-like shell having an entry attachment mouth disposed on one side thereof for receiving the end of a tracheostomy cannula, an inlet opening for...
6694977 Mixed-mode liquid ventilation gas and heat exchange  
A novel technique for ventilation and heat exchange is disclosed called Mixed-mode Liquid Ventilation (MMLV). This technique uses an endotracheal catheter to add and remove liquid from the lungs...
6619287 Filter  
A filter for a respiratory circuit has a housing with an inlet port and an outlet port for connection to respective breathing tubes. A gases space lies between the inlet and outlet ports and gases...
6588421 HME bypass system  
A HME bypass system including a manually actuated bypass valve which is coupled into a respiratory air circuit, preferably upstream of the HME, to permit inspiratory air to be selectively passed...
6550476 Heat-moisture exchanger and nebulization device  
A heat-moisture exchanger (HME) and nebulization device for connection to a mechanical ventilator or anesthesia apparatus, to provide humidification or an aerosolized medication without...
6516798 Method of breathing tracheally  
A tracheal humidification system ( 20 ) includes a filter ( 26 ) for humidifying the air being breathed by the patient. The filter ( 26 ) is disposed in an uppermost portion ( 24 ) of a breathing...
6415788 Apparatus for treating respiratory gases including liquid trap  
Apparatus for treating respiratory gases include a housing having a patient side port adapted for connection to a tracheal tube device and a machine side port adapted for connection to a tube for...
6397842 Fluid-treatment devices  
A catheter mount incorporates a filter pleated along its length in zig-zag fashion. Opposite edges of the filter are sealed between identical upper and lower parts of a housing between teeth...
6394084 Humidification unit, method of making same, and ventilatory system using such a humidification unit  
A humidification unit adapted to be disposed in a patient circuit for humidifying the flow of breathing gas delivered to the patient via the patient circuit by an artificial ventilator system. The...
6363930 Apparatus for providing heat/moisture to respiratory gases  
Apparatus for heating and humidifying respiratory gases include a housing, a filter element located in the housing, and a gas permeable member positioned in the housing to exchange heat and...
6330883 Heat and moisture exchanger comprising hydrophilic nylon and methods of using same  
A heat and moisture exchanger including a gas-permeable element, preferably a fibrous media, adapted to be warmed and to trap moisture from a patient's breath during exhalation and to be cooled and...
6308706 Device and process for monitoring the respiration parameters of an artificial respiration system  
A device is disclosed for monitoring the respiration parameters of an artificial respiration system. The proposed device has a treatment device including a filter and/or heat-and moisture exchanger...
6244266 Cold weather air warming apparatus  
A cold weather air warming apparatus for permitting a user to breathe air warmed by the body. The cold weather air warming apparatus includes a mouthpiece that has a mouth engaging portion, a...
6196221 Thermal exchange breathing device  
A thermal exchange breathing device is provided which include a heat exchange module 14 which is mounted in a face mask (12) with an air flow passage extending from a mouthpiece (72) through a...
6102034 Breathing equipment  
Breathing equipment including a breathing hood to surround a wearer's head. An inner mask covers at least the wearer's mouth and nose. The equipment includes a breathing gas delivery conduit and...
6095135 Apparatus for providing benefits to respiratory gases  
Apparatus for heating and humidifying respiratory gases include a housing, a gas permeable member positioned in the housing to exchange heat and moisture with respiratory gases passing through the...
6092521 Mask maintaining warmth in nasal area  
A simple and effective mask maintaining warmth in the nasal area is disclosed for preventing, relieving, or eliminating the occurrence of the symptoms of allergic nasal inflammation due to hay...
6017374 Gas treatment devices  
A combined filter and HME has a rectangular housing with an inlet port and an outlet port. A pleated filter element is located in the housing towards the outlet port and an HME element is located...
5992413 Heat and moisture exchanger and generator  
Apparatus for heating and humidifying respiratory gases comprise a housing, a gas permeable member and generating material. The housing includes an inlet adapted for connection to a tracheal tube...
5937856 Breathing device  
A breathing device that includes a mouth piece that is insertable into the mouth to improve breathing. The mouth piece has an opening defined therethrough to permit exhaling and inhaling of air. A...
RE36165 Heating and humidifying respiratory mask  
A light-weight face mask can heat and humidify inhaled air with previously-exhaled air by passing the air through a highly-effective and highly-efficient heat exchanger disposed within the mask....
5853884 Method for producing unsupported fiber bundles for HME and other filtration applications  
A method for forming a hollow fiber bundle unit for insertion into an assisted breathing device comprising spinning a hollow fiber or hollow fibers, collecting multiple fibers into a bundle,...
5848590 Tracheostoma filter with HME properties  
A filter assembly for filtering air that is to be breathed through a tracheostoma comprises (a) a housing, and (b) a filter component which can be fitted into the housing the filter component is...
5738095 Tracheostoma device  
Device to be connected to a tracheostoma, comprising a filter housing (10) for receiving a moisture and heat exchanging filter (11) said filter housing having a first opening (12) to be connected...
5727616 Elastomeric heat exchanger bed  
A heat exchanger bed including a plurality of elastomeric sheets. The sheets have a peripheral edge and a center. The sheets also have an opening therethrough proximate the center. The sheets are...
5706802 Cold weather breathing apparatus  
A breathing device including a heat exchanger module retained adjacent the mouth of a user by a fabric holder. The heat exchanger module includes a wall surrounding a non-linear, tubular flow...
5704068 Cold weather cowl  
A cowl to protect the head, face and neck of an individual from the cold is disclosed. The cowl includes a skull cap, ear band, neck drape and face mask. The face mask includes a breathing channel...
5701891 Olefin heat and moisture exchanger  
A heat exchanger medium which can be incorporated into a heat and moisture exchanger. The heat exchanger medium includes an elongate sheet of spunbonded olefin. The sheet has a longitudinal axis, a...
5666950 Filter device for a tracheostoma  
A device for filtering air that is to be breathed through a tracheostoma, to simulate the role of the nose particularly in patients who have received a tracheostomy comprises a filter (20). The...
5662161 Breathing gas cooling and heating device  
A breathing gas cooling and heating device. Warm breathing gas enters the it which consists of a heat exchanger mounted in an insulated shell and runs through the heat exchanger tubes. These tubes...
5647344 Heat and moisture exchangers  
An HME has an exchange element comprising a bundle of hollow fibers parallel to the direction of gas flow through the HME. The fibers are of a polymeric material, such as a sulphone, and are...
5617913 Elastomer bed for heating and moisturizing respiratory gases  
A high performance, low cost, regenerator/heat enthalpy exchanger matrix or bed. The bed consist of a matrix of tensioned sheets with flow channels therethrough. The matrix is of the parallel plate...
5595174 Nasal adaptor, mask, and method  
A nasal adapter and relatively fixed tube in which the inserts penetrate the nostrils, and a fixed tube diverts the inhaled and exhaled air laterally at a generally 90° angle to the angle of...
5595173 Rehumidification filter for ventilation mask  
A compact, light-weight, disposable, and quick-fit rehumidification filter device adapted to fit flight-masks which deliver pressurized respiratory fluids to a human. The preferred embodiment is...
5592933 Hygroscopic cartridge particularly for filters for medical use  
The hygroscopic cartridge (1) particularly for filters for medical use, has a band-like element (2) which is wound to form a flat bobbin (7). The band-like element (2) has a first band (3), formed...
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