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2. Heat and moisture exchanger - Wikipedia

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   Heat and moisture exchangers (HME) are devices used in mechanically ventilated patients intended to help prevent complications due to "drying of the respiratory mucosa, such as mucus plugging and endotracheal tube (ETT) occlusion." [1] HMEs are one type of commercial humidification system, which also include non-heated-wire humidifiers and ...

3. Holmes Products - Wikipedia

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   Holmes Products was founded by Jordan Kahn in 1982. [ 1][ 2] In 2005, Berkshire Partners, Holmes' parent company, sold Holmes Products to Jarden Corporation for US$ 625.9 million. At the time of the sale, the brands of Holmes included Rival (acquired in 1999 [ 3] ), Crock-Pot, Bionaire and White Mountain. [ 2]

4. Humidifier - Wikipedia

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   Humidifier. A humidifier is a household appliance or device designed to increase the moisture level in the air within a room or an enclosed space. It achieves this by emitting water droplets or steam into the surrounding air, thereby raising the humidity. Humidifier in an art museum in Augsburg, Germany.

5. Wratten number - Wikipedia

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   Wratten number. Wratten numbers are a labeling system for optical filters, usually for photographic use comprising a number sometimes followed by a letter. The number denotes the color of the filter and its spectral characteristics, and these numbers can be grouped into broad categories, but the numbering system is arbitrary within a group and ...

6. Respiratory gas humidification - Wikipedia

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   Respiratory gas humidification. Respiratory gas humidification is a method of artificially conditioning respiratory gas for the patient during therapy, and involves humidification, warming, and occasionally filtration of the gas being delivered. If these three measures are not performed to compensate for the natural conditioning of air by the ...

7. South Korean humidifier disinfectant case - Wikipedia

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   The humidifier disinfectant case was an outbreak of lung diseases in South Korea caused by chemicals contained in humidifier disinfectants.. The outbreak was detected in children between 2006 and 2011, and in adults in the spring of 2011; the mortality rate in children was 58 percent, while among adults, 53 percent died or required lung transplants. [1]