Resmed Limited

Resmed Pty Ltd

David Mulcahy

Philip Rodney Kwok

David Richard Vorreiter

William Mcinnes Somerville

Steven Paul Farrugia

Ron Richard

Hargopal Verma

Michael James Dent

A water reservoir for an apparatus for humidifying a flow of breathable gas includes a reservoir body forming a cavity structured to hold a volume of liquid. The reservoir body comprises a conductive portion. The conductive portion comprises a thermally conductive material and is adapted to thermally engage with a heater plate to allow thermal transfer of heat to the liquid. The conductive portion includes a peripheral interfacing portion structured and arranged to connect the conductive portion to one or more walls of the reservoir body. The peripheral interfacing portion includes an intermediate portion and an end portion. The end portion is bent so as to be at least inclined with respect to the intermediate portion to reduce a risk of leakage caused by cracks within a critical area of a thickness of the one or more walls due to a presence of a sharp edge at the end portion.

Humidifier reservoir

Systems, methods, and/or apparatuses for acclimatizing a user to positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy are provided. Generally, a sub-therapeutic treatment pressure is provided initially. It may be ramped up to a full treatment pressure over the course of one or more therapy sessions. The pressure level may be ramped up based on, for example, sleep state, sleep phase, patient compliance with types of treatment (e.g. bilevel vs. CPAP, etc.), clinician input (either at the site, remotely, via pre-programmed smartcards, etc.), etc. Such techniques may be used alone or in combination.

Acclimatization therapy for first time users

Acclimization therapy for first time users

Methods and/or apparatuses for treating sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) are provided. In particular, systems and/or methods are provided which may temporarily boost the pressure of a supply of breathable gas provided by an AutoSet device for the treatment of hypopnea. In certain example embodiments, a supply of breathable is provided to patients to treat apneas and/or hypopneas. The presence and/or absence of apneas and/or hypopneas are detected (e.g. by monitoring the Apnea-Hypopnea Index). When hypopnea events are detected, the pressure of the supply of breathable gas temporarily is increased above the Pcrit and/or CPAP levels, at least during patient inspiration. When the hypopnea events are normalized, the pressure is reduced. In certain example embodiments, the pressure will not be increased when a non-hypopnea event is detected at the same time as a hypopnea event.

Method and apparatus for treating apnea/hypopnea

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Castle Hill, Australia

David Mulcahy