HUMIDIFICATION OF A PRESSURIZED FLOW OF BREATHABLE GAS

HUMIDIFICATION OF A PRESSURIZED FLOW OF BREATHABLE GAS

A system (10) configured to facilitate humidification of a pressurized flow of breathable gas delivered to a subject (12) comprises a pressure generator (14), a nebulizer (16), a heater (38), one or more hardware processors (22), and/or other components. The pressure generator is configured to gener...

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Hauptverfasser: KOERBER, Achim Gerhard Rolf, HILBIG, Rainer
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY
DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Zusammenfassung:A system (10) configured to facilitate humidification of a pressurized flow of breathable gas delivered to a subject (12) comprises a pressure generator (14), a nebulizer (16), a heater (38), one or more hardware processors (22), and/or other components. The pressure generator is configured to generate a pressurized flow of breathable gas for delivery to an airway (24) within a trachea of the subject. The nebulizer is configured to provide fluid droplets (54) to the breathable gas. The heater is configured to heat a volume of the breathable gas before the droplets are supplied to the breathable gas. The breathable gas received by the subject exhibits a target temperature and humidity level at short distance d from the nebulizer due to one or more of a number of the droplets, an average size of the droplets, a gas flow rate, and/or an amount of heating power.