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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2012
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Lauren Patricia Chodkowski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jerome Matula, Jr., Apollo, PA (US);
Dina Colangelo, Murrysville, PA (US);
Michael Joseph Zadrozny, Coatesville, PA (US);
Alicia Marie Brentzel, Jeannette, PA (US);
Adam Michael Neff, Oakmont, PA (US);
Richard Thomas Haibach, Verona, PA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An elongated flexible conduit () includes an flow element () having a first elongated wall segment () and a second elongated wall segment () that are connected together at their sides to form a wall () that is continuous in a circumferential direction perpendicular to the direction of elongation (). The flow element is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration (), with the first configuration being an expanded configuration, and with the second configuration being a collapsed configuration. The flow element can be moved from its expanded configuration to its collapsed configuration, such as for purposes of packing during traveling, and can then be moved from its collapsed configuration back to its expanded configuration in any of a variety of fashions in order to return the flow element to a condition in which it can carry a flow of breathing gas from a CPAP machine () to a CPAP mask ().