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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Inventors:
Venkata Subbarao Potharaju, Auckland, NZ;
Christie Jayne Stanton, Auckland, NZ;
Andrew Paul Maxwell Simon, Auckland, NZ;
Yi-Cheng Sun, Auckland, NZ;
Hayden Owen Briscoe, Auckland, NZ;
Samuel Frew, Auckland, NZ;
Steven John Worthington, Auckland, NZ;
Philip John Dickinson, Auckland, NZ;
Cameron Jon Haxton, Auckland, NZ;
Robin Lynn Randolph, Woodland Park, CO (US);
Assignee:
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/16 (2006.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/16 (2013.01); A61M 16/10 (2013.01); A61M 16/109 (2014.02); A61M 16/1075 (2013.01); A61M 16/0066 (2013.01); A61M 2205/36 (2013.01); A61M 2205/362 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3606 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2209/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A breathing assistance unit for providing pressurized heated humidified air to a user increases user compliance. The breathing assistance unit generates positive emotional and cognitive states of a user about the therapy.