US 11,633,559 B2 · Multi-mode respiratory therapy apparatus, system, and method

Multi-mode respiratory therapy apparatus, system, and method

AssigneeHill-Rom Services Pte. Ltd.

InventorsJack Barney Sing, Yong Guan Tay, Song Chiun Yong, Wee Chin Tay, Pratheep Kumar Mahalingam, Sangadi Nookarajesh Varma, Ravivarman Ganesan, Shu Hwa Liau, Leonardo B Artiaga, Jr., Jiang Cong, Leah Noaeill, Susan Malaret, Baoyi Wu, Travis A. Pelo, Justin Liew

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Abstract

A respiratory therapy apparatus is operable to deliver multiple types of therapy to a patient. The apparatus includes a main housing and a nebulizer tray that selectively attaches to a bottom of the main housing. The apparatus also includes a filter housing unit having an antenna surrounding a pneumatic passage and a transponder chip coupled to the antenna. The main housing has also has an antenna that surrounds a respective pneumatic passage of a main outlet port of the apparatus. The main housing includes a reader that controls communication between the antennae. The main housing of the apparatus also has a pivotable hose support plate, a firmware upgrade port underneath part of the top wall of the housing, and a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays various user inputs for control of the apparatus and that displays various alert conditions that are detected.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A respiratory therapy apparatus comprising

a housing having a bottom wall,
a pneumatic system carried by the housing, the pneumatic system including a first pressure source, at least one valve, and control circuitry,
a pneumatic patient circuit,
an outlet port carried by the housing, the pneumatic system being configured to deliver respiratory therapy to a patient via the outlet port and the pneumatic patient circuit,
a nebulizer coupled to the pneumatic patient circuit,
a nebulizer tray selectively couplable to a bottom of the housing when in a position of use so as to underlie at least a majority of the bottom wall, and
a second pressure source carried by the nebulizer tray and operable to provide pressurized air to the nebulizer.

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Facts

Application

16/952,166Filed 19 Nov 2020 · us provisional application

Priority

20 Dec 2019

Published

US 2021/0187223 A124 Jun 2021

Granted

25 Apr 2023

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Classification54 codes

A61M 16/0057
Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. ventilators ; Tracheal tubes: pumps therefor
A61M 16/201
Valves specially adapted to medical respiratory devices: controlled valves
A61M 11/02
Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes: operated by air or other gas pressure applied to the liquid or other product to…
A61M 16/0006
Accessories therefor, e.g. sensors, vibrators, negative pressure: with means for creating vibrations in patients' airways