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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jonathan Sayer Grashow, Cheswick, PA (US);
Robert O'Grady, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert William Baiko, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Lauren Patricia Chodkowski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A wearable device () structured to exert a contact pressure between the wearable device and a skin surface of a wearer, such as a patient interface device for delivering a flow of breathing gas to a patient, includes a first member (), such as a faceplate member, structured to have a first pressure applied thereto, a contact member (), such as a sealing cushion, structured to exert the contact pressure against the skin surface in response to the first pressure, and a support member () positioned between the first member and the contact member, the support member including a plurality of compression members (), wherein each of the compression members is structured to buckle in response to a compression force having at least a first predetermined level being applied to the support member.