Patent ID: 11957617
Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A device consisting essentially of:
a housing defining a coolant-free airflow path therein;
said housing containing a fan configured to draw coolant-free ambient air into the coolant-free airflow path of said housing via an ambient air inlet on an outside surface of said housing and a dehumidifier to dehumidify said coolant-free ambient air drawn into said housing; said housing also containing a coolant-free airflow outlet in communication with an external surface of said housing at an air outlet side of said coolant-free airflow path; said device further comprising a conduit comprising: a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, and one or more dehumidified coolant-free air delivery ports at the distal end in fluid communication with the lumen, said proximal end of said conduit configured to connect to said coolant-free airflow outlet of said housing;
a temperature sensor; and
a pressure sensor;
wherein the device is configured such that said coolant-free ambient air is drawn into the housing of the device by said fan, said coolant-free ambient air is dehumidified by said dehumidifier, and said dehumidified coolant-free air is forced by said fan out of said housing via said coolant-free airflow outlet and into said conduit to flow distally along the lumen through the one or more dehumidified coolant-free air delivery ports to contact the bodily fluid-containing space.