摘要 |
Apparatus for humidifying and delivering gas to a patient featuring a gas conduit having an inlet communicating with a source of the gas, and an outlet, a water chamber coextensive over a zone with a portion of the gas conduit, the chamber or the conduit having a wall permeable to water vapor at the zone, and means for bringing water into intimate contact with one side of the wall at the zone at a vapor pressure sufficient to cause passage of water vapor through the wall and into the conduit to humidify gas therein. |