US 20070193580A1
(i9) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication oo) Pub. No.: US 2007/0193580 Al
Feldhahn et al. (43) Pub. Date: Aug. 23,2007
(54) VENTILATION DEVICE
(76) Inventors: Karl Andreas Feldhahn, Hamburg
(DE); Wolfgang Wedler, Hamburg
(DE); Matthas Pulla, Hamburg (DE);
Christof Gobel, Hamburg (DE);
Thomas Ress, Barmstedt (DE); Frank
Herrmann, Barmstedt (DE); Stefan
Hein, Hamburg (DE); Christian Kluin,
Hamburg (DE); Joachim Gardein, Icod
de los Vino (DE)
Correspondence Address:
Friedrich Kueffner
Suite 910
317 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017 (US)
(21) Appl. No.: 11/496,062
(22) Filed: Jul. 29, 2006
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data
Aug. 1, 2005 (DE) 10 2005 036 611.2
A ventilator with integrated breathing air humidifier has at least two defined air pathways provided in the breathing air humidifier, wherein the breathing air humidifier is installed and fixed on a horizontal surface of the ventilator. The ventilator with integratable breathing air humidifier has a breathing air humidifier with at least a top part and a bottom part, wherein a water reservoir is provided in the bottom part, and wherein the top part cannot be removed from the bottom part when the unit is in at least one operating mode. The ventilator may have an air humidifier with at least one water reservoir, and at least one filing device for the water reservoir in the breathing air humidifier, wherein the filing device can be operated with one hand and/or opened with one hand.
