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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2005
Jerome Matula, Jr., Monroeville, PA (US);
Peter Chi Fai Ho, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jason P Eaton, Monroeville, PA (US);
Elias G. Diacopoulos, Export, PA (US);
Steven B. Radney, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jerome Matula, Jr., Monroeville, PA (US);
Peter Chi Fai Ho, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jason P Eaton, Monroeville, PA (US);
Elias G. Diacopoulos, Export, PA (US);
Steven B. Radney, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
RIC Investments, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A patient interface system having a patient interface and chin support system for supporting the patient interface on the patient and for supplying a flow of gas from a patient circuit to the patient interface. In one embodiment, the chin support is formed from flexible hollow chambered support and extends from either side of the patient interface curving downwardly in front of the patient's cheeks, around the outside of the patient's mouth, to a position beneath the patient's mandible. In another embodiment, the chin support is coupled to a conduit that is coupled to the patient interface. The chin support includes at least a portion that is disposed under the patient's mandible.