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A nebulizer system for producing a humidified and heated breathing gas to be inhaled by a patient undergoing inhalation therapy. The nebulizer system includes a nebulizer module and a heater module affixed to one another and optionally detachably connected to each other. The nebulizer module is conn

A nebulizer system for producing a humidified and heated breathing gas to be inhaled by a patient undergoing inhalation therapy. The nebulizer system includes a nebulizer module and a heater module affixed to one another and optionally detachably connected to each other. The nebulizer module is connectable to an oxygen source, a liquid water supply, and, through an outlet, to a breathing apparatus. A throat in the system serves to direct an aerosol spray produced in the nebulizer module to a heat transfer element in a conical flow pattern. The heat transfer element is disposed substantially normal to the flow path of the generated aerosol and is in a direct heat transfer relationship with an outer peripheral portion of the conical flow pattern exhausted from the throat. In this manner, a self-regulating heat input is provided by the present nebulizer system.

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A heated nebulizer system for a breathing apparatus comprising: a nebulizer module connectable to an oxygen supply, said breathing apparatus, and a liquid water supply, said nebulizer module defining a breathing gas outlet port and a nebulizing chamber; an aerosol generating means positioned in the

A heated nebulizer system for a breathing apparatus comprising: a nebulizer module connectable to an oxygen supply, said breathing apparatus, and a liquid water supply, said nebulizer module defining a breathing gas outlet port and a nebulizing chamber; an aerosol generating means positioned in the nebulizing chamber and adapted for communication with said oxygen supply and with said liquid water supply; an elongated, open-ended throat mounted in said nebulizer module for receiving aerosol spray generated in said nebulizing chamber and exhausting the received aerosol spray from said nebulizing chamber in a substantially conical flow pattern; a heater module in communication with said nebulizer module; a substantially planar annular heat transfer element operably associated with said heater module arranged in a substantially axially aligned relationship with said throat to receive a portion of the exhausted aerosol spray in a direct heat transfer relationship, and positioned substantially normal to the flow path of the exhausted aerosol spray.