Positive airway pressure device

US8453640B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ResMed Corp. · AU

Inventors

• Dion Charles Chewe Martin · Parramatta, AU
• Barton John Kenyon · Sydney, AU
• Alexander Virr · Sydney, AU
• Dmitri Anatolievich Doudkine · Chatswood, AU
• Philip Rodney Kwok · Chatswood, AU
• Richard Charles NAPPER · Sydney, AU
• John Michael Snow · Chatswood, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 2009
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2013
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

A positive airway pressure (PAP) device for supplying a flow of breathable gas to a patient includes a first housing; a flow generator provided in the first housing, the flow generator configured to generate a flow of breathable gas; a second housing configured to be connected to the first housing, the second housing including a channel having an inlet configured to receive the flow of breathable gas and an outlet configured to discharge the flow of breathable gas, wherein the first housing is provided on top of the second housing such that a footprint of the PAP device is not substantially increased beyond a footprint of the second housing.