Patient interfacing system and method to prevent water contamination
CA 1325115 C · Owner: Coleman, Dennis L. · Inventors: Owen, Charles V.; De Nevers, Noel; Coleman, Dennis L.
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Abstract, Described herein is a patient interfacing system for sampling the inspired and expired gases of a patient and removing moisture from the sample. In one embodiment of the present invention, a patient link receives the gases from the patient's airway circuit and a vaporization section vaporizes condensed moisture in the sample. A separator section allows the vaporized moisture component of the sample to exit the patient interfacing system before the gas sample reaches the monitoring instrument. A filter may also be utilized to prevent condensed moisture particulates and liquids from entering the monitoring instrument. Thus, the patient interfacing system of the present invention …
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- Granted December 14, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 14, 2010.
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