Patent ID: 11865264
Assignee: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A moisture removal apparatus comprising:
an inner tube defining a breathing gas conduit that directs a flow of breathing gas;
an outer tube surrounding the inner tube;
an annular space between the inner tube and the outer tube, the annular space defining a dry gas conduit that directs a dry gas flow;
a moisture transmission pathway between the breathing gas conduit and the dry gas conduit that lowers the humidity of the breathing gas by transferring the humidity to the dry gas flow;
a feeding conduit extending through the dry gas conduit and configured to supply dry gas to the dry gas conduit;
an inlet fluidly coupled to the feeding conduit, the inlet positioned at an end of the apparatus that is a downstream end; and
an outlet fluidly coupled to the dry gas conduit, the outlet positioned at the end of the apparatus.