Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited

Steven John Worthington

Yi-Cheng Sun

Venkata Subbarao Potharaju

Christie Jayne Stanton

Hayden Owen Briscoe

Samuel Frew

Cameron Jon Haxton

Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon

Philip John Dickinson

Robin Lynn Randolph

Andrew Paul Salmon

Phillip Dickinson

Robin L Randolph

Christie Jane Stanton

A blower unit for use as part of an integrated blower/humidification system is described. The blower unit has an outer casing, which encloses and forms part of the blower unit, the casing including an air inlet vent. The blower unit further includes a humidifier compartment for receiving a humidifier unit with a separate gases inlet and outlet, the compartment having a heater base for heating the contents of the humidifier unit. The compartment also has a blower inlet port which aligns with the humidifier unit inlet in use, the blower providing a gases path through the casing between the inlet vent and the inlet port. The blower unit also includes a fan for providing a pressurised gases stream along the gases path, and a power supply unit for powering the fan. The gases path is routed over the power supply unit in order to provide a cooling air flow.

Integrated humidifier chamber and lid

Humidified respiratory gas supply system

Humidifier system

A breathing assistance unit for providing pressurized heated humidified air to a user increases user compliance. The breathing assistance unit generates positive emotional and cognitive states of a user about the therapy.

Method and apparatus for increasing therapy compliance

A blower unit for use as part of an integrated blower/humidification system is described. The blower unit has an outer casing, which encloses and forms part of the blower unit, the casing including an air inlet vent. The blower unit further includes a humidifier compartment for receiving a humidifier unit with a separate gases inlet and outlet, the compartment having a heater base for heating the contents of the humidifier unit. The compartment also has a blower inlet port which aligns with the humidifier unit inlet in use, the blower providing a gases path through the casing between the inlet vent and the inlet port. The blower unit also includes a fan for providing a pressurized gases stream along the gases path, and a power supply unit for powering the fan. The gases path is routed over the power supply unit in order to provide a cooling air flow.

A breathing assistance unit for providing pressurized heated humidified air at to a user is configured to increase user compliance. The breathing assistance unit has means for generating positive emotional and cognitive states of a user about the therapy.

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Auckland, New Zealand

Steven John Worthington