Respiratory assistance apparatus
AssigneeFisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
InventorsAdam John Darby, Donald Roy Kuriger, Johannes Nicolaas Bothma, Scott Bent
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Abstract
A head-mounted respiratory assistance apparatus configured to provide a respiratory gases stream to a user. The head-mounted respiratory assistance has a main body securable to the head of a user and a blower unit that is operable to generate a pressurised gases stream from a supply of gases from the surrounding atmosphere. A patient interface is provided on the main body that has a gases inlet which is fluidly connected to the blower unit and which is configured to deliver the pressurised gases to the user's nose and/or mouth.
Claims20
A respiratory system comprising a base station unit that is operatively connectable to a respiratory assistance apparatus configured to provide a respiratory gases stream to a user, the respiratory assistance apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- a blower unit comprising a gases inlet to receive a supply of gases from a surrounding atmosphere, the blower unit operable to generate a pressurized gases stream at a gases outlet,
- the base station unit is configured to be a docking station or mounting stand to or upon which the respiratory assistance apparatus can be docked or mounted, the base station unit comprising:
- a power supply system configured to supply power to the respiratory assistance apparatus;
- a data transfer system configured to send and receive data to and from the respiratory assistance apparatus;
- and
- a control system configured to control the respiratory assistance apparatus via one or more control signals;
- the control system is configured to automatically send the one or more control signals to the respiratory assistance apparatus to initiate or halt a plurality of operating modes based on whether an operative connection or docking between the base station unit and the respiratory assistance apparatus is detected, the plurality of operating modes comprising one or more of an on/off mode and a drying mode of the respiratory assistance apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.