19020253. CONDUIT HEADGEAR CONNECTOR FOR PATIENT INTERFACE (ResMed Pty Ltd)
CONDUIT HEADGEAR CONNECTOR FOR PATIENT INTERFACE
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Inventor(s)
Ravikumar Baluchagi of Sydney AU
Lachlan Richard Goldspink of Sydney AU
Nookarajesh Varma Sangadi of Sydney AU
CONDUIT HEADGEAR CONNECTOR FOR PATIENT INTERFACE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 19020253 titled 'CONDUIT HEADGEAR CONNECTOR FOR PATIENT INTERFACE
Original Abstract Submitted
A patient interface may include: a plenum chamber at least partly defining a patient interface chamber, a seal-forming structure constructed and arranged to form a seal with a region of the patient's face, at least one conduit, at least one conduit connector configured to pneumatically connect the at least one conduit to the plenum chamber to provide a flow of air at a therapeutic pressure to the patient interface chamber for breathing by the patient, and a positioning and stabilising structure to provide a force to hold the seal-forming structure on the patient's head, the positioning and stabilising structure comprising at least one tie, wherein the at least one conduit connector includes an anti-asphyxia valve configured to allow the patient to breath from ambient through their mouth in the absence of a flow of pressurised air.