Patient interface assembly with self-adjusting anchor points
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsPeter Chi Fai Ho, Lauren Patricia Chodkowski
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Abstract
A patient interface assembly having an improved support for use in securing a patient interface device to the head of a patient overcomes the shortcomings of conventional headgear. The improved support provides a self-adjusting anchor point situated anterior to the ear of the patient that provides enhanced stability in mounting the patient interface device to the patient.
Claims17
1-10. (canceled)
A support structured to extend between a headgear and a patient interface of a breathing apparatus, the headgear being structured to extend across at least one of an occipital region and a parietal region of a patient's head, the patient interface being structured to supply a flow of breathing gases to the mouth or the nose or both of the patient, the support comprising:
- a strap apparatus and a pair of connectors
- the strap apparatus comprising a pair of flexible strap segments that extend from opposite sides of the patient interface, each strap segment extending from two location on the patient interface;
- the pair of connectors being movably disposed on opposite sides of the headgear;
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- each strap segment being movably connected with a connector of the pair of connectors.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.