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US 7,931,025 B2Granted
Patient interface and headgear connector
AssigneeRIC Investments, LLC
InventorsJason P. Eaton, Peter Chi Fai Ho, Elias G. Diacopoulos, Lance Busch
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Abstract
The present invention provides a connection device for connecting a headgear having straps, a mask and a system for supplying a flow of gas to a patient. The connection device incorporates a locking member or locking portion which is configured to lock the straps in a particular location.
Claims21
A gas delivery mask comprising:
- a shell;
- a first connector associated with the shell;
- a second connector adapted to be connected to a headgear having at least one strap for securing the mask on a user, the second connector further includes a locking portion and a bulbous portion releasably and rotateably connecting the first connector and the second connector,
- wherein the locking portion comprises at least two openings, and at least one divider located between the two openings, wherein the second connector comprises a post portion that has an axis and connects the bulbous portion to the locking portion, and wherein the at least one divider has a direction of elongation that is coplanar with and perpendicular to the axis.
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A gas delivery mask comprising:
- a shell;
- a first connector associated with the shell, wherein the first connector is a female connector;
- a second connector adapted to be connected to a headgear having at least one strap for securing the mask on a user, the second connector further includes a locking portion and a bulbous portion releasably and rotateably connecting the first connector and the second connector,
- wherein the first connector extends outwardly from the shell and comprises a first pair of a parallel walls and a curved notched wall abutting the first pair of parallel walls, the curved notched wall curving downwardly toward the shell and comprising a second pair of parallel walls defining a notch therebetween, wherein the notch extends throughout a length of the curved notched wall and has an area of reduced width near an upper, distal edge of the second pair of parallel walls.
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A gas delivery mask comprising:
- a shell;
- a forehead support extending from the shell;
- a forehead member attached to the forehead support, the forehead member including a locking member that is shaped and adapted to adjustably lock a first headgear strap to the forehead member at any of a plurality of positions along the first headgear strap, wherein the locking member further comprises:
- at least two openings, the at least two openings being shaped and positioned to facilitate threading of the first headgear strap through the at least two openings in a manner that adjustably locks the first headgear strap to the locking member;
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- at least one divider located between the two openings.
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A gas delivery mask comprising:
- a shell;
- a first connector associated with the shell;
- a second connector adapted to be connected to a headgear having at least one strap for securing the mask on a user, the second connector including a locking portion, a post portion connected to the locking portion and a bulbous portion attached to a distal end of the post portion, the bulbous portion releasably and rotateably connecting the first connector and the second connector, the bulbous portion having a socket provided therein.
A gas delivery mask comprising:
- a shell;
- a first connector associated with the shell;
- and
- a second connector adapted to be connected to a headgear having at least one strap for securing the mask on a user,
- wherein one of the first and second connectors comprises a first male connector while the other of the first and second connectors comprises a first female connector, the male and female connectors being releasably and rotatably connectable for securing the first and second connectors together, and
- wherein the first male connector includes a post portion and a bulbous portion attached to a distal end of the post portion, the bulbous portion having a second female connector provided therein that is constructed and arranged to releasably and rotatably connect to a second male connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.