Patient ventilation device including blower with divided air outlet channels

US9512856B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ResMed Corp. · AU

Inventors

• Adel Nibu · Birkenfeld, DE
• Johannes Nickol · Munich, DE
• Achim Biener · Erding, DE
• Johann Sebastian Burz · Germaringen, DE
• Bernd Christoph Lang · Bogen, DE
• Saad Nasr · Sydney, AU
• Robert Eibl · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
• Andreas Kirchberger · Sinzing, DE
• Christian Bayer · Penzberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 6, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01B7/0823
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a patient ventilation or breathing device and components therefore for use in all forms of respiratory apparatus ventilation systems including invasive and non-invasive ventilation, positive airway pressure therapy, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), and particularly Bi-Level therapy and treatment for sleep disordered breathing (SDB) conditions such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), and for various other respiratory disorders and diseases. The invention particularly relates to a blower, to a blade, to a gasket, to a cable, to an impeller, to a gas inlet and inlet member, to an improved air path or fluid flow path and components thereof, and/or to a modular ventilation or breathing device as referred to above and particularly incorporating one or more of the other aspects of the invention.