Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited

Matthew Robert Geoff Slight

Bruce Michael Walls

Arvin San Jose Gardiola

Wen Dong Huang

Vitaly Kapelevich

Jeroen Hammer

Rex Gordon Faithfull

David Monroy Felix

Brett John Huddart

Mark Arvind McLaren

Paul Mathew Freestone

Melissa Catherine Bornholdt

Chris Onin Limpin Hipolito

Silas Sao Jin Siew

Janine Elizabeth Collins

Jake Baker Hocking

Steve Thomas

Christopher Gareth Sims

Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon

Matthew Roger Stephenson

Jason Allan Klenner

Mark Andrew Thompson

Ryan Anthony Graham

Callum Ross Gordon

Bruno Sintive

Blair Raymund Dadson Murphy

Charles Nicolson

Jordan Dean Jones Kimpton

Lydia Kathleen McGlashan

Roshalee Nundloll

Yunhe Guan

Katie O'Brien

Tony William Spear

Mark Richard Tomlinson

Jonathan Mark Downey

Priyanka Ferdinand Pereira

Jeremy Owen Young

Fadi Karim Moh'd Mashal

Matthew Aaron Bradley

Jonathan Tong Lok Sng

Stephen Francis Heffernan

Christine Marie Lynch

Christopher Michael Wong

Yi-Jen Lin

Dillan Patel

Xin Yue Zhu

Vidhi Jayeshkumar Shah

Kavyn Manikkam

Nick Sullivan

Mark Arvind Mclaren

A mask assembly includes a mask interface and a headgear assembly. The mask interface includes a housing and a seal that seals around a user's nose and/or mouth in use. The headgear assembly secures the mask interface to the user's face in use. The headgear assembly can include a top strap, a rear section, and side arms. The top strap can be manually adjustable. The rear section can be temporarily expanded to allow for donning and/or doffing of the mask assembly. The side arms can be automatically adjustable.

Respiratory mask system

Breathing interface seal

Nasal mask

A headgear system and/or an interface assembly incorporating a headgear system that, in some configurations, is configured to transform from elasticated or 'stretchy' behavior to “inelastic” behavior at least in response to normal or expected forces encountered during the intended therapy. In some configurations, upon fitment to the head of a user, the system automatically adjusts toward or to an appropriate size. A headgear portion or assembly for use in combination with a breathing apparatus in some configurations is at least substantially inelastic and is three dimensional in shape. The headgear portion or assembly can comprise a plastic core and a textile casing. The headgear, or part thereof, may also have integrally moulded labels, connectors, adjustment mechanisms and/or grips.

Headgear assemblies and interface assemblies with headgear

A respiratory mask system includes a mask interface and a headgear assembly. The headgear assembly is adjustable and comprised of an elastic portion, a non-elastic portion and a restriction mechanism configured to provide a force resisting movement of the non-elastic portion when the elastic portion is extended. There is a support beam coupled to the non-elastic portion and extending along a portion of the headgear that is curved along its longitudinal extent. In this way particular seal modules can be comfortably fitted to a user and any blow off force is mitigated. A particular example of the respiratory mask system includes provision for removable attachment between the seal and a mask frame, the mask frame and a yoke of the headgear; and between a conduit and the mask frame.

A ballooning patient interface has a frame that supports a sealing member. The frame and/or the sealing member is secured to the head of a user with headgear, such as a strap. Various features of the sealing member improve comfort for the user in the nares of the users as well as on facial surfaces in contact with the sealing member.

Patient interface and aspects thereof

A respiratory mask system is provided comprising a respiratory mask and a head engaging portion, wherein the head engaging portion is configured to couple to the respiratory mask to engage a wearer's head via a disengageable mechanism. The disengageable mechanism may comprise a linking member attached to the head engaging portion, a disengagement member attached to the respiratory mask and configured to receive the linking member, wherein the disengagement member is configured to be moveable between a first position and a second position, a control configured to allow a wearer of the mask to move the disengagement member towards the first position and one or more surfaces defined by the disengagement member and configured to exert a frictional force on the linking member.

Headgear with lock disengagement mechanism

Headgear assembly

A headgear system and/or an interface assembly incorporating a headgear system that, in some configurations, is configured to transform from elasticated or 'stretchy' behavior to 'inelastic' behavior at least in response to normal or expected forces encountered during the intended therapy. In some configurations, upon fitment to the head of a user, the system automatically adjusts toward or to an appropriate size.

A headgear system and/or an interface assembly incorporating a headgear system that, in some configurations, is configured to transform from elasticated or 'stretchy' behavior to 'inelastic' behavior at least in response to normal or expected forces encountered during the intended therapy. In some configurations, upon fitment to the head of a user, the system automatically adjusts toward or to an appropriate size. A headgear portion or assembly for use in combination with a breathing apparatus in some configurations is at least substantially inelastic and is three dimensional in shape. The headgear portion or assembly can comprise a plastic core and a textile casing. The headgear, or part thereof, may also have integrally moulded labels, connectors, adjustment mechanisms and/or grips.

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Matthew Robert Geoff Slight