US 2020/0368481 A1Published application

Vent adaptor for a respiratory therapy system

AssigneeResMed Pty Ltd

InventorsMuditha Pradeep DANTANARAYANA, Justin John FORMICA, Richard Llewelyn JONES, Joseph Samuel ORMROD, Chia Ik TAN, Jamie Graeme WEHBEH

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Abstract

A vent adaptor for a for a respiratory pressure therapy (RPT) system, the vent adaptor comprising: a vent assembly comprising: a vent housing defining a central orifice for the flow of pressurized gas to pass through the vent assembly from the delivery conduit to the patient interface, the vent housing having an annular surface around the central orifice, and the annular surface having a plurality of holes to discharge pressurized gas to atmosphere; and a membrane positioned adjacent to the annular surface; a heat and moisture exchanger (HME); and a diffusing member.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A fluid connector for delivery of breathing gas to a patient from a respiratory pressure therapy device, the fluid connector comprising:

a first end with a first opening for a fluid flow, a seal portion extending around a periphery of the first opening, and a latching portion, and
a second end with a second opening for the fluid flow, a sealing surface extending around a periphery of the second opening and configured to engage the seal portion to form a face seal, and a complementary latching portion configured to engage with the latching portion,
wherein the face seal allows the breathing gas to travel between the first opening and the second opening, and the engagement between the latching portion and the complementary latching portion secures the first end with the second end.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/993,866Filed 14 Aug 2020
Priority: 23 Sep 2015
Published: 26 Nov 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

A61M 16/0816
Bellows; Connecting tubes ; Water traps; Patient circuits: joints or connectors
A61M 16/06
Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. ventilators ; Tracheal tubes: respiratory or anaesthetic masks
A61M 16/0616
Means for improving the adaptation of the mask to the patient: with face sealing means comprising a flap or membrane projecting inwards, such that…
A61M 16/0875
Bellows; Connecting tubes ; Water traps; Patient circuits: connecting tubes

Family

Application62/222,604Us provisional application · filed 23 Sep 2015
Application15/760,403Continuation · filed 15 Mar 2018
Application16/993,866Continuation
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