Continuous positive airway pressure device with user interface

US10149952B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ResMed Corp. · AU

Inventors

• Mark Bertinetti · Parramatta, AU
• David Peter Wawrzonek · Newcastle, AU
• Phoebe Katherine Hill · Sydney, AU
• Rohan Neil Primrose · Sydney, AU
• Heike Thiele · Munich, DE
• Alexander Virr · Sydney, AU
• Andrew Roderick Bath · Sydney, AU
• Sandra Robyn Curtis · Gemstone Road, AU
• Andrew Mikael Price · Parramatta, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 2015
• Grant date: Dec 11, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/8262
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device to non-invasively treat a sleep disordered breathing disorder of a user may include a humidifier indicator backlight configured to indicate operation of a humidifier and a heated tube, the humidifier indicator backlight having an on state and an off state, a first backlit color and a second backlit color, and a first brightness and a second brightness, and the humidifier indicator backlight being configured to change between the first backlit color and the second backlit color and/or between the first brightness and the second brightness in response to user adjustment of a humidifier setting and/or a heated tube setting.