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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Inventors:
Matthew Robert Geoff Slight, Auckland, NZ;
Charles Nicolson, Auckland, NZ;
Jeroen Hammer, Auckland, NZ;
Wen Dong Huang, Auckland, NZ;
Arvin San Jose Gardiola, Auckland, NZ;
Assignee:
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0622 (2014.02); A61M 16/06 (2013.01); A61M 16/0666 (2013.01); A61M 16/0683 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ballooning patient interface has a frame that supports a sealing member. The frame and/or the sealing member is secured to the head of a user with headgear, such as a strap. Various features of the sealing member improve comfort for the user in the nares of the users as well as on facial surfaces in contact with the sealing member.