# US 11,992,616 B2 · Respiratory interface device including custom features

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- Number: US 11,992,616 B2
- Document ID: US11992616B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/324,273
- Filed: 2021-05-19
- Published: 2021-09-02
- Granted: 2024-05-28
- Earliest claimed: 2015-12-16
- Assignees: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Applicants: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Inventors: Jonathan Sayer Grashow; Lauren Patricia Chodkowski; David W. Smith
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11992616B2

## CPC

- A61M 16/06: Respiratory or anaesthetic masks
- A61B 5/107: Measuring physical dimensions, e.g. size of the entire body or parts thereof
- A61M 16/0605: {Means for improving the adaptation of the mask to the patient}
- A61M 16/0622: {having an underlying cushion}
- A61M 16/0683: {Holding devices therefor}
- A61M 16/0688: {by means of an adhesive}
- A61M 16/0694: {Chin straps}
- B33Y 10/00: Processes of additive manufacturing
- B33Y 80/00: Products made by additive manufacturing
- G06V 40/166: {using acquisition arrangements}
- G16H 20/40: relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
- G16H 40/60: for the operation of medical equipment or devices
- G16H 50/50: for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
- A61M 16/0616: {with face sealing means comprising a flap or membrane projecting inwards, such that sealing increases with increasing inhalation gas pressure}
- A61M 16/0633: {with forehead support}
- A61M 16/0816: {Joints or connectors}
- A61M 16/0858: {Pressure sampling ports}
- A61M 16/0875: {Connecting tubes}
- A61M 16/105: {Filters (A61M16/047, A61M16/22 take precedence; water traps A61M16/08)}
- A61M 16/1095: {in the connecting tubes}
- A61M 16/208: {Non-controlled one-way valves, e.g. exhalation, check, pop-off non-rebreathing valves}
- A61M 2016/0661: {with customised shape}
- A61M 2016/1025: {the O2 concentration}
- A61M 2016/103: {the CO2 concentration}
- A61M 2202/0225: Carbon oxides, e.g. Carbon dioxide
- A61M 2205/3303: Using a biosensor
- A61M 2205/59: Aesthetic features, e.g. distraction means to prevent fears of child patients
- A61M 2207/00: Methods of manufacture, assembly or production
- A61M 2207/10: Device therefor
- A61M 2230/06: Heartbeat rate only
- A61M 2230/432: partial CO2 pressure (P-CO2)
- A61M 2230/435: partial O2 pressure (P-O2)
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- B33Y: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

A respiratory interface device is provided that includes a cushion and a faceplate. The cushion is structured to be coupled to the faceplate. The faceplate includes a peripheral end and a number of custom features. The cushion is coupled to the faceplate adjacent the faceplate peripheral end.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of making a respiratory interface device including a faceplate and custom features comprising:
acquiring a 3D surface profile of a user's face;
presenting a number of default or optimal feature characteristics;
selecting custom feature characteristics for a number of custom features by changing one or more of the number of default or optimal feature characteristics; and
producing the respiratory interface device including custom features with the selected custom feature characteristics,
wherein selecting custom feature characteristics for the number of custom features includes:
allowing the user to accept a default suggestion for each feature characteristic;
allowing the user to accept an optimal suggestion for each feature characteristic;
allowing the user to select a number of custom feature characteristics; and
adjusting other feature selectable characteristics in response to the user's selection of the number of custom feature characteristics, wherein the other feature selectable characteristics are feature characteristics for which the user accepted the default or the optimal suggestion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein selecting custom feature characteristics for the number of custom features includes allowing the user to select custom feature characteristics for a number of support assembly couplings, the support assembly coupling characteristics selected from the group including a location characteristic, a type characteristic, a number characteristic, a contour characteristic, and a visibility characteristic.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein selecting custom feature characteristics for the number of custom features includes allowing the user to select custom feature characteristics for a number of fluid couplings, the fluid coupling characteristics selected from the group including a type characteristic, a location characteristic, an orientation characteristic, and a visibility characteristic.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein producing the respiratory interface device including custom features with the selected custom feature characteristics includes fabricating the respiratory interface device with the selected custom features by 3D printing.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the user has a right facial contour and a left facial contour and wherein selecting custom feature characteristics for the number of custom features includes:
allowing the user to select a right contoured coupling component body contoured to correspond to a specific user's right facial contour; and
allowing the user to select a left contoured coupling component body contoured to correspond to a specific user's left facial contour.