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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2017
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Tony William Spear, Auckland, NZ;
Melissa Catherine Bornholdt, Auckland, NZ;
Jake Baker Hocking, Auckland, NZ;
Jonathan Tong Lok Sng, Auckland, NZ;
Jeremy Owen Young, Auckland, NZ;
Arvin San Jose Gardiola, Auckland, NZ;
Stephen Francis Heffernan, Auckland, NZ;
Christine Marie Lynch, Auckland, NZ;
Wen Dong Huang, Auckland, NZ;
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
A nasal mask having a seal housing and a flexible nasal seal connected or connectable to the seal housing to define a mask cavity. The nasal seal extends between a face-contacting side and an outer side. The nasal seal has a contacting surface having an edge that defines a nose-receiving opening into the mask cavity and which is configured to seal about the user's nose. The nasal seal also has an under-nose support fixedly connected into the seal and which is configured to extend within the mask cavity and having a contact surface that is oriented to contact at least a portion of the under-nose surface of the user.