Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited

Nigel Trinidade

Craig Robert Prentice

Bruce Michael Walls

Matthew Roger Stephenson

Roheet Patel

Vitaly Kapelevich

Max Leon Betteridge

Thomas Mark Richardson

Tony William Spear

Mark Richard Tomlinson

Hamish Joshua Rose

Jeremy Owen Young

Paul Mathew Freestone

Simon Mittermeier

Matthew James Pedersen

Jae Yun Lim

Jonathan Tong Lok Sng

Campbell Neil Addison Martin

Monika Ganterer

This disclosure provides a mask assembly for respiratory therapy, comprising: a vent for exhausting gas flow from an interior of the mask assembly, the vent comprising at least one vent hole; and a diffuser material defining a diffusing area sufficient to cover the vent hole and having a periphery. A region of the diffusing area of the diffuser material includes a localised joint region in which multiple fibres of the diffuser material are bonded or interlocked together. The location of the localised joint region is offset from the vent hole. Further embodiments are disclosed in which the shape of the diffusing material matches the shape of a vent hole array, or has other properties related to the vent hole array or the shape or other features of the vent.

Diffuser for a component of a respiratory therapy system

Nasal mask

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Auckland, New Zealand

Nigel Trinidade