BREATHING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND/OR COMPONENTS THEREOF

Organization Name

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited

Inventor(s)

Andre Van Schalkwyk of Auckland NZ

Rachel Adeline Miller of Auckland NZ

Stephen William Kavermann of Auckland NZ

Ella Marie Meisel of Auckland NZ

Alexander Edwin Mackenzie of Auckland NZ

Oliver Michael Clarke of Auckland NZ

Philip John Dickinson of Auckland NZ

Samuel Carey Mathew Sanson of Auckland NZ

Hayk Noobar Antranik Yaghobian of Auckland NZ

BREATHING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND/OR COMPONENTS THEREOF

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 19005845 titled 'BREATHING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND/OR COMPONENTS THEREOF

Original Abstract Submitted

A breathing assistance apparatus has a housing with an engagement feature and an electrical component in the housing and a removable component . The electrical component has a receptacle . The removable component has an electrical connector that is a close or tight fit in the receptacle of the electrical component to assist with holding the removable component in connection with the electrical component. The removable component has a tab with a terminal end portion that can be flexed relative to the rest of the removable component. An engagement feature is provided on the terminal end portion of the tab and engages with the engagement feature of the housing is to inhibit disconnection of the removable component from the housing in the absence of actuating the terminal end portion of the removable component to flex the tab.