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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
May. 09, 2022
Resmed Pty Ltd, Bella Vista, AU;
Alexander Joel Bentley, Sydney, AU;
Aaron Samuel Davidson, Sydney, AU;
Craig David Edwards, Sydney, AU;
Lachlan Richard Goldspink, Sydney, AU;
William Laurence Hitchcock, Sydney, AU;
Rupert Christian Scheiner, Sydney, AU;
Lochlan Von Moger, Sydney, AU;
ResMed Pty Ltd, Bella Vista, AU;
Abstract
A seal-forming structure for a patient interface may include a patient-contacting surface configured to engage the patient's facial skin to form a seal; a posterior opening formed in the patient-contacting surface, the posterior opening configured to provide the flow of air at said therapeutic pressure to the patient's nares; and a support structure extending from the patient contacting surface to an interior surface of the seal-forming structure, the support structure and the interior surface forming a continuous loop, wherein the patient interface is configured to allow the patient to breath from ambient through their mouth in the absence of a flow of pressurised air through the plenum chamber inlet port, or the patient interface is configured to leave the patient's mouth uncovered.