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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Erik Kurt Witt, Murrysville, PA (US);
William Edwin Clegg, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Michael Edward Colbaugh, Level Green, PA (US);
Douglas Mechlenburg, Murrysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/20 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/20 (2013.01); A61M 16/0057 (2013.01); A61M 16/0666 (2013.01); A61M 16/205 (2014.02); A61M 16/0051 (2013.01); A61M 16/024 (2017.08); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2206/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A respiration appliance, system, and method for supporting the airway of a subject as the subject breaths. The flow of gas from the lungs of the subject during exhalation is leveraged to provide support to the airway. In particular, a body that encloses one or more external orifices of the subject provides a resistance differential between inhaled gas flows and exhaled gas flows that supports the subject's airway.