Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited

New York University

Donald Roy Kuriger

Johannes Nicolaas Bothma

Mark Samuel Hamilton

Adam John Darby

Christopher Earl Nightingale

Benjamin Wilson Casse

Bernhard Florian Lamprecht

Igor Olegovich Yatsevich

Alex Young

David M Rapoport

Mark John Arrowsmith

Sujeewa Wannigama

Vitaly Kapelevich

Fiona Elizabeth Cresswell

Nimansha Budhiraja

Alan John Grimmer

James Robert Jarmey Greenfield

David Cumin

James Malcolm Thompson

Melissa Catherine Bornholdt

Bernard Tsz Lun Ip

Dean Antony Barker

Callum James Thomas Spence

Nordyn Alami

Jeremy Livingston Miller

Richard John Boyes

Arjen David Kat

Venkata Subbarao Potharaju

Paul Mathew Freestone

Scott Bent

Monika Baumann

Rory Alexander Monro

Nicholas Edward Vaughan

German Klink

Charlotte Grace Laus

Gabor Papotti

Gregory Martyn Smith

Quinton Michael Smith

Emma Louise Nasimi

Vincent Verdoold

Zane Paul Gell

Guohua Bao

Zach Jonathan Warner

Benjamin Elliot Hardinge Pegman

Gavin Andrew Bryson Ryan

Ian Patrick Sarsfield Hickey

Andrew Jun Li

Zarin Kasad

Jesus Antonio Amador Noriega

Joshua Robert Lee

Pavlo Kokhanenko

Abigail Sharmini Rajen Arulandu

James Michael Gilbert

Katie-Ann Jane Buckels

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for controlling pressure delivery to a user such as a patient. A flow generator generates an outlet flow at an outlet port for delivery to a patient. At least one sensor measures properties of the flow of gas at the outlet port or being delivered to the patient. A controller is operatively connected to the flow generator and the at least one sensor, and is adapted to operate according to a pressure control mode in which the controller controls the flow generator to output a substantially steady pressure or a flow control mode in which the controller controls the flow generator to output a substantially steady flow. The controller operates in the flow control mode when a patient may be awake and in the pressure control mode when the patient may be asleep.

Apparatus and method for providing gases to a user

Surgical gas diffuser

A humidification system has a humidification source and a main gases flow path. The main gases flow path has a low pressure region and a high pressure region. In some embodiments, each of the low pressure region and the high pressure region has an aperture. The pressure difference between the apertures promotes a gases flow between the main gases flow path and the humidification source, and results in humidifying the gases in the main gases flow path.

Humidification system

Disclosed herein is a surgical cannula configured as an instrument retaining or centering apparatus, configured for providing insufflation gases to a surgical cavity of a patient (such as the pneumoperitoneum) and allowing insertion of medical instruments into the surgical cavity through the cannula. The cannula can include features to direct gas flow in particular directions to prevent or reduce smoke, fog/condensation, or other unwanted media from contacting a portion of a medical instrument.

Directed gas flow surgical cannula for providing gases to a patient

In accordance with one aspect the present invention may comprise a regenerative blower comprising: a housing, a first port and second port in the housing, an airflow channel extending between the first and second ports for airflow between the ports, an impeller rotatable in an impeller channel to promote airflow in the airflow channel from the first port to the second port, a motor to drive the impeller, and an interrupter between the first and second ports to limit airflow from the second port to the first port.

Regenerative blower

Data related to the adherence of a patient to a therapy regime can be collected from multiple medical devices, each of which may have an incomplete data set with data entries associated with times. Each incomplete data set represents a portion of a complete data set. The data sets can be integrated to create a complete data set with data entries from each incomplete data set being arranged in a temporal sequence with respect to one another. A report may be generated, the report having the data entries of the complete data set or a function of the data entries of the complete data set.

Medical data management system

A flow generatorfor a respiratory therapy system configured to deliver a breathable gas flow to a patient comprises a housingcomprising an inletand an outletand a gas flow path between the inletand outlet. An impeller is mounted within the housingfor rotation about an axis, the impeller configured to be rotationally driven by a motor to provide a gas flow along the gas flow path. Various embodiments are disclosed in which the flow generatorfurther comprises a sensormounted in the housingin the gas flow path and configured to detect a property of the gas flow. The sensormay be mounted in the outletso as to project into the gas flow path. Flow generator may comprise an axial inletand a tangential outlet. In another embodiment the sensormay be mounted in the inlet

Integrated sensor assembly of a respiratory therapy system

This invention relates to a blower for a breathing apparatus. The blower comprising a bottom support with a stub axle, a top support with a stub axle, a motor core comprising a motor stator and rotor, and an impeller coupled to the motor core via a shaft, the shaft is rotatably coupled at a first end to the stub axle on the top support and at a second end via the stub axle on the bottom support.

Blower for breathing apparatus

A breathing gases supply apparatuscan comprise a blowerand breathing circuit for delivering breathing gases to a patient. The apparatus also can comprise a first controller, the controllerconfigured to receive input from at least one sensor-indicative of patient breathing, and a transmitterconfigured to communicate with the controllerand transmit control signals to an electronic apparatus. The controllercan be configured to determine sleep in a patient based on the occurrence of a breathing pattern indicative of sleep, detected from the input received from the sensor-and upon determining sleep, operate the transmitterto send a control signal to control an electronic apparatus

Electronic apparatus control using a breathing assistance apparatus

A patient interface comprises a blower, a cushion for contacting a user's face, and a mask body and/or a frame for supporting the cushion on a user's face. The cushion and/or the mask body or frame define an interior space for receiving a flow of gases from the blower. The blower is mounted to the mask body or frame so that the blower is at least partially within the mask body or frame. The blower substantially separates a high pressure side of the mask body or frame from a low pressure side of the mask body or frame and/or the mask body or frame is substantially without a wall between the blower and the interior space.

Apparatus for providing a flow of air to a user

The invention relates to a non-heated humidification device comprising a wick; a chamber for holding water in contact with the wick; and a gas inlet to the chamber, wherein the chamber and wick are configured to humidify gas passing through or over the wick at ambient conditions. The device may be modular and attachable to a flow generator. The device may comprise dual gas circuits and a control system for controlling the gas flow through the gas circuits in order to control the humidity of the gas output.

Humidification device and system

The operational parameters of a respiratory apparatus can be controlled through the use of a user interface located on a separate or separable mobile computing device. Sensors or features located on the mobile computing apparatus can be used to adjust the operation parameters or therapy of the respiratory apparatus or otherwise improve the compliance of a patient utilizing the respiratory apparatus.

Control for respiratory device

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Auckland, New Zealand

Donald Roy Kuriger