Patent ID: 8720439

Claim:
A continuous positive airway pressure apparatus for treating sleep apneas comprising a device for pressurizing gas to treat a subject for sleep apnea; a humidifier integrated into the device for actively humidifying a gas without substantially heating the humidified gas prior to delivery to the subject; and a tube connected to the device, and a mask or a cannula connected to the tube for delivering the humidified, pressurized gas from the device to the subject wherein any condensation from the humidified air is collected and substantially removed from the paths of the humidified and/or pressurized gas by the use of a condensation coil or membrane located within the device for actively humidifying the gas, and the condensation coil or membrane comprises one or more cylindrical tubes containing pores of a number of sizes, through which gas particles and liquid particles smaller than the size of the pores may pass.