Patent ID: 7874290

Claim:
A breathing assistance device for a patient, comprising: a source of respiratory pressurized gas, where the gas source is a ventilator having an inlet rotor and a motor; a breathing connection for allowing the patient to receive said pressurized gas; at least one sensor for acquiring a parameter representative of the operation of the device; a central control unit for operating the device in at least one airway pressure ventilation mode based on information from said at least one sensor; and a removable module removably connectable to the breathing connection, said removable module comprising a first part and a second part, wherein said ventilator is integrated into the first part of the removable module, said at least one sensor is contained in the second part of the removable module at a position downstream of the first part of the removable module and in the vicinity of the motor of the ventilator in order to substantially prevent condensation of gas nearby said at least one sensor, the breathing connection is a mask such that the removable module is directly connectable to the mask.