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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2012
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Dmitry Nikolayevich Znamenskiy, Eindhoven, NL;

Ruud Vlutters, Eindhoven, NL;

Karl Catharina Van Bree, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0622 (2014.02); A61M 16/0057 (2013.01); A61M 16/06 (2013.01); A61M 16/0611 (2014.02); A61M 2016/0661 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a cost effective customization of user interface devices for use with respiratory ventilation systems, such as face masks that may be used for CPAP therapy. By integrating a user specific customize element () into a pre-fabricated user interface device (), increased comfort for a user during use of the interface device () is provided. The customized element () is adapted to affect the shape of the user interface device making it compliant with at least one user specific body feature, for example, a facial feature of a particular user. The shape of the customized element may be computed from a user specific data set representing an e.g. three-dimensional shape at least one body feature of a user.


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