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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2020
Resmed Pty Ltd, Bella Vista, AU;
Etienne Veschambre, Sydney, AU;
ResMed Pty Ltd, , AU;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus, such as a controller of a respiratory therapy device, generate a signal representing an estimate of flow rate of gas flow from the device. The respiratory therapy device may include a motor-operated blower. The method may include receiving in the controller, signals generated by a set of sensors, including measures of pressure and frequency (e.g., speed) of the motor. The controller may be configured to compute an entrained air density function and generate the estimate signal based on a function of the measures of pressure and frequency, and the entrained air density function. The entrained air density function may apply signals from additional sensors, such as atmospheric pressure, gas temperature, and ambient relative humidity, to compute atmospheric density. Control operations of the therapy device may then be based on the estimated signal, which may be applied to assess accuracy of a signal from a flow sensor.