Patent ID: 9289572
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: A61M,H05B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A system for providing humidification to gas to be provided to a patient to support breathing through a breathing circuit tubing, said system comprising: a humidification component configured for adding water vapor to said gas; a humidification component monitoring unit producing humidification target value information; a humidification component controller configured for receiving said humidification target value information and determining a mode of respiratory therapy and a humidification level setting based on the received humidification target value information, said humidification component controller comprising a humidification target value determiner configured for automatically determining a humidification target value, said humidification target value identifying a humidification level setting corresponding to said patient; and a humidification mode selection module coupled with said humidification component and configured for communicating said humidification level setting to an operator of said system.