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Sound dampening in positive airway pressure devices

US9855397B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

8References

23Claims

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Assignee

ResMed Corp. · AU

Inventors

Gregory Robert Peake · Sydney, AU
Jeffrey Peter Armitstead · Fawn Drive, AU
Paul Andrew DICKENS · Faulconbridge, AU
Dmitri Anatolievich Doudkine · Chatswood, AU
Robert Edward Henry · Parramatta, AU
Liam Holley · Sydney, AU
Gerard Michael Rummery · Sydney, AU
Lee James Veliss · Rotterdam, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 4, 2010
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2205/42
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A CPAP system includes a PAP device (5) structured to generate a supply of pressurized air, a patient interface (15) adapted to engage with the patient's face to provide a seal, an air delivery conduit (102,104) provided between the PAP device and the patient interface to deliver the supply of pressurized air along a gas delivery path from the PAP device to the patient interface, and a muffler (100) provided along the gas delivery path downstream of the PAP device.

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