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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2017
Resmed Pty Ltd, Bella Vista, New South Wales, AU;
Eva Ng, Sydney, AU;
Robert Henry Frater, Sydney, AU;
Lee James Veliss, Rotterdam, NL;
Barton John Kenyon, Sydney, AU;
Daniel Robert Judson, Blue Mountains, AU;
Robert Edward Henry, Sydney, AU;
Alison Oldenburg, Sydney, AU;
Renee Frances Flower, Sydney, AU;
Michael John Reid, Sydney, AU;
ResMed Pty Ltd, Bella Vista, AT;
Abstract
A mask system for delivering air pressurized above atmospheric pressure to the airways of a patient to treat sleep disordered breathing (SDB) by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may include a mask having a cushion configured to form a seal with the patient's nose; two inlet conduits, each of the two inlet conduits configured to extend from a position superior to the patient's head and along a corresponding side of the patient's head, and each of the two inlet conduits being in fluid communication with a corresponding side of the mask to deliver pressurized air to the mask; a first vent arrangement configured to be positioned superior to the patient's head in use and configured to discharge gas to atmosphere during therapy; and a second vent arrangement configured to be positioned inferior to the first vent arrangement in use and configured to discharge gas to atmosphere during therapy.