Conduit with magnetic connector
AssigneeResMed Pty Ltd
InventorYi Mei FOONG
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Abstract
A therapy device that includes an air conduit that is configured both to secure the patient interface to the patient as well as provide pressurised air to the patient. The positioning and stabilising structure of the patient interface may include magnets that assist in positioning the positioning and stabilising structure and also assist in positioning the air conduit of the positioning and stabilising structure to interact with the mask assembly.
Claims10
A system comprising:
- an RPT device and a patient interface, and an air circuit connecting the RPT device to the patient interface;
- the RPT device configured to supply air at positive pressure for respiratory therapy;
- the air circuit connected to the patient interface at a connection port;
- the patient interface including a positioning and stabilising structure and a mask assembly including a plenum chamber and a seal forming structure, the positioning and stabilising structure including a headgear conduit for receiving a therapeutic pressure of at least 6 cmH2O above ambient air pressure from the air circuit, the headgear conduit extending along a crown of the patient's head from a first parietal bone to a second parietal bone;
- the plenum chamber including a plenum chamber opening sized and structured to receive a flow of air at the therapeutic pressure for breathing by a patient, the plenum chamber including a first plenum chamber receptor assembly;
- the seal forming structure constructed and arranged to form a seal with a region of the patient's face surrounding an entrance to the patient's airways, said seal forming structure having a hole therein such that the flow of air at said therapeutic pressure is delivered to at least an entrance to the patient's nares, the seal forming structure constructed and arranged to maintain said therapeutic pressure in the mask assembly throughout the patient's respiratory cycle in use;
- the headgear conduit including a first end with a first conduit connector assembly and configured to deliver air through the first conduit connector assembly and through the first plenum chamber receptor assembly;
- wherein the first conduit connector assembly is configured to engage with the first plenum chamber receptor assembly, and be rotatable about an axis that extends through the first plenum chamber receptor assembly;
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- wherein when the first conduit connector assembly is engaged with the first plenum chamber receptor assembly the first conduit connector assembly is restricted from translating in a first direction perpendicular to the axis, and permitted to translate in an opposite second direction.
A patient interface for providing a flow of air pressurized above ambient to a patient's upper airways sufficient to treat sleep-disordered breathing, comprising:
- a cushion assembly including a cushion inlet port to receive a flow of air for breathing by the patient;
- at least one inlet conduit to at least partially support and position the cushion assembly on the patient's head, the inlet conduit being configured to deliver the pressurized flow of air to the cushion inlet port;
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- a magnetic connector to magnetically connect the at least one inlet conduit to the cushion assembly, the magnetic connector comprising an intermediate air flow path that pneumatically connects the at least one inlet conduit to the cushion inlet port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.