ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,772, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Systems and methods for ventilation humidification" was invented by Donald J. Novkov (Encinitas, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes systems and methods for humidifying ventilator delivered breathing gases. These systems and methods utilize a hollow cone atomizer (e.g., a pressure swirl atomizer) and/or a heating element associated with a heating circuit and/or a heating tube. In some aspect, the systems and methods utilize received flow, temperature, and/or humidity information to determine an amount of water to add to breathing gases ...