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US 8,136,522 B2Granted
Continuous positive airway pressure device
AssigneeLifevent Medical Limited
InventorsDonald Ross McIntyre, James Edward Miles, Geoffrey Mark Shaw, Michael William Ryan, William Jesse Chaloner, Terence James Smith, Lawrence Gordon Alloo, Robert Charles Berry
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Abstract
A continuous positive airway pressure device which includes:—an inflatable breathable air reservoir provided with an air inlet/outlet;—a pressurized gas reservoir arranged to apply a predetermined substantially constant pressure on the breathable air reservoir, irrespective of the degree of inflation of the breathable air reservoir.
Claims28
A continuous positive airway pressure device which includes:
- an inflatable breathable air reservoir provided with an air inlet/outlet;
- a pressurised gas reservoir arranged to apply a predetermined substantially constant pressure on the breathable air reservoir, irrespective of the degree of inflation of the breathable air reservoir;
- wherein the pressurised gas reservoir in use only pressurises the breathable air reservoir and does not supply gas to the breathable air reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.