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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Inventor:
Nathan Lee Gray, Auckland, NZ;
Assignee:
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01); B29C 53/36 (2006.01); B29C 53/58 (2006.01); B29C 53/60 (2006.01); B29C 63/00 (2006.01); F16L 9/16 (2006.01); F16L 11/115 (2006.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01); B29C 47/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/40 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0883 (2014.02); A61M 16/08 (2013.01); A61M 16/0816 (2013.01); A61M 16/1095 (2014.02); B29C 47/0016 (2013.01); B29C 47/0021 (2013.01); B29C 53/36 (2013.01); B29C 53/582 (2013.01); B29C 53/60 (2013.01); B29C 53/607 (2013.01); B29C 63/0013 (2013.01); F16L 9/16 (2013.01); F16L 11/115 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0216 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01); B29C 47/021 (2013.01); B29C 65/40 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/43 (2013.01); B29C 66/4322 (2013.01); B29C 66/4329 (2013.01); B29C 66/49 (2013.01); B29C 66/496 (2013.01); B29C 66/71 (2013.01); B29C 2053/365 (2013.01); Y10S 138/08 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A limb for a breathing circuit manufactured from very thin walled polymer materials has an elongate axial reinforcing spine lying freely inside the conduit and fixed to each end connector. The spine is laterally compliant but axially stiff. The spine provides resistance to tensile and compressive loads on the conduit, including that induced by prevailing internal pressures.