Patent ID: 7942389

Claim:
An air humidifier for a respirator or incubator, the humidifier comprising: a liquid storage tank; an evaporator in liquid connection with said liquid storage tank and operating at a boiling point of a liquid in said liquid storage tank; a flow channel forming said liquid connection between said liquid storage tank and said evaporator, said flow channel acting as a heat insulator in a bottom area of said evaporator; a heater in a heat-conducting connection with said evaporator, said heater being part of the respirator or incubator designated as a breathing gas supply; a mixing chamber of the respirator or the incubator, said mixing chamber being in flow connection with said evaporator; said evaporator being detachably connected to the respirator or the incubator, said liquid storage tank and said evaporator being removable from the respirator or the incubator.