Patents Assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
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Patent number: 11559647Abstract: An interface for positive pressure therapy includes a mask assembly and a headgear assembly. The mask assembly comprises a mask seal that is adapted to underlie the nose. The mask seal extends up the lateral sides of the nose. The mask seal has a primary seal below the nose and a secondary seal alongside the nose.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Peter David Alexander Bearne, Roheet Patel, Kirstin Elizabeth Middelkoop, Michael John Henri Cox, Fadi Mashal, Gregory James Olsen, Isaac Tristram Tane Mason, Matthew Roger Stephenson
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Patent number: 11559650Abstract: A mask assembly for use as part of an apparatus for supplying a flow of respiratory gases to a user is disclosed. The mask assembly includes a mask body having an inlet through which said flow of respiratory gases are provided to the interior of said mask body. A mask seal assembly comprising a seal of flexible material and a clip of rigid material is attached to the body. The seal has a first side and a second side. The first side of the seal is shaped to approximately match the contours of a user's face and in use substantially seal against a user's face. The second side is attached to the clip. The clip provides an interface extending substantially the full perimeter or periphery of the mask seal assembly for releasably attaching the mask seal assembly to the mask body. The clip comprises a bridging portion spanning outwards from the perimeter or periphery of the mask body to space at least a portion of the second side of the seal outwards from the perimeter or periphery of the mask body.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Alastair Edwin McAuley, Gregory James Olsen, Roheet Patel
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Patent number: 11554234Abstract: A breathing assistance apparatus is disclosed, for use with delivery of respiratory gases to a patient. The breathing assistance apparatus includes a patient interface, having a body section adapted to cover the nose, or nose and mouth of a patient and a sealing interface. The sealing interface includes at least an outer sealing member. The outer sealing member is adapted to attach to the body section in a sealing manner and has a substantially thin section in at least its nasal bridge region. The thin section is substantially thinner than the rest of the outer sealing member. The patient interface comprises a mask body and a seal assembly. The seal assembly includes a flexible seal, and a rigid seal clip, the seal assembly being removably attached to the mask body via the rigid seal clip. The mask body and rigid seal clip are profiled to match the contours of a user's face so that the seal has a substantially constant wall depth.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Alastair Edwin McAuley, Gregory James Olsen, Kamman Law
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Patent number: 11547825Abstract: A patient interface, including a mask assembly and a headgear assembly, provides improved facial sealing and improved ease of use. The mask assembly includes an inflating or ballooning seal. The seal can be secured between two portions of a snap-fit exoskeleton. The headgear assembly connects to the mask assembly with flexible straps during course fitting and with more rigid straps following course fitting. The straps include holes that fit over a tapering post on the mask assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Daniel John Smith, Brett John Huddart, Matthew James Adams, Nicholas Alexander Hobson, Timothy James Beresford Sharp, Troy Barsten, Gregory James Olsen, Matthew Roger Stephenson, Roheet Patel
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Patent number: 11545019Abstract: A method of patient management including receiving therapy data associated with a plurality of durable medical devices and a first set of patients, and displaying an overview of patient compliance and a plurality of customizable tiles. The overview of patient compliance includes at least the number of patients in the first set of patients, current compliance data, compliance history data, and follow-up data. The plurality of aligned tiles includes at least a title and a plurality of selectable subtitles, each of the plurality of selected subtitles associated with one or more rules. Upon selection of a first selectable subtitle, displaying at least an indication of patients in a second set of patients, wherein the second set of patients is a subset of the first set of patients; upon selection of a first patient, displaying at least all of the rules triggered by the first patient.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Benjamin Wilson Casse, Christopher Harding Campbell, Katarzyna Sobolewska
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Patent number: 11541197Abstract: A breathing assistance apparatus is disclosed, for use with delivery of respiratory gases to a patient. The breathing assistance apparatus includes a patient interface, having a body section adapted to cover the nose, or nose and mouth of a patient and a sealing interface. The sealing interface includes at least an outer sealing member. The outer sealing member is adapted to attach to the body section in a sealing manner and has a substantially thin section in at least its nasal bridge region. The thin section is substantially thinner than the rest of the outer sealing member. The patient interface comprises a mask body and a seal assembly. The seal assembly includes a flexible seal, and a rigid seal clip, the seal assembly being removably attached to the mask body via the rigid seal clip. The mask body and rigid seal clip are profiled to match the contours of a user's face so that the seal has a substantially constant wall depth.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Alastair Edwin McAuley, Gregory James Olsen, Kamman Law
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Patent number: 11541194Abstract: A respiratory flow therapy apparatus including a sensor module can measure a flow rate of gases or gases concentration provided to a patient. The sensor module can be located after a blower and/or mixer. The sensor module can include at least an ultrasonic transmitter, a receiver, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor and/or a flow rate sensor. The receivers can be immersed in the gases flow path. The receivers can cancel delays in the transmitters and improve accuracy of measurements of characteristics of the gases flow. The receivers can allow for detection of a fault condition in a blower motor of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Russel William Burgess, Dean Antony Barker
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Patent number: 11534565Abstract: A breathing assistance apparatus has a pressurised gases source featuring a lightweight impeller with a plastic shaft. The impeller is shroudless. The plastic shaft is supported within the stator by a bearing structure. The resilient motor mount couples the stator and the housing and provides compliance and/or damping for the motor.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Johannes Nicolaas Bothma, Scott Bent, Adam John Darby
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Patent number: 11534566Abstract: A nasal mask having a seal housing and a flexible nasal seal connected or connectable to the seal housing to define a mask cavity. The nasal seal extends between a face-contacting side and an outer side. The nasal seal has a contacting surface having an edge that defines a nose-receiving opening into the mask cavity and which is configured to seal about the user's nose. The nasal seal also has an under-nose support fixedly connected into the seal and which is configured to extend within the mask cavity and having a contact surface that is oriented to contact at least a portion of the under-nose surface of the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Tony William Spear, Melissa Catherine Bornholdt, Jake Baker Hocking, Jonathan Tong Lok Sng, Jeremy Owen Young, Arvin San Jose Gardiola, Stephen Francis Heffernan, Christine Marie Lynch, Wen Dong Huang
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Patent number: 11529482Abstract: A method of configuring a medical device for a patient comprising: receiving information relating to a patient, the patient requiring a medical device, determining and/or receiving a medical device configuration for the medical device, the medical device configuration being suitable for the patient, uploading the medical device configuration to a server, wherein, the medical device configuration on the server is for later download by the device when the patient has received their medical device and activated the medical device.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Benjamin Wilson Casse, David Robert Keith Walker, Sheldon Luke Nunes, Christopher Harding Campbell
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Patent number: 11529475Abstract: The invention provides an insufflation apparatus having a housing and a gas generator arranged to be, at least partially, mounted to the housing. The housing includes a gas outlet for delivering gas to a patient and a gas storage chamber arranged to store gas and deliver it to the gas outlet. The gas generator includes a cartridge mount on the housing adapted to receive a gas generating cartridge, the gas generating cartridge containing gas generating material that generates gas that is delivered to the gas storage chamber. The invention also provides alternative insufflation apparatus, a gas cartridge and a method of generating insufflation gas.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventor: Shahar Dor Zidon
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Patent number: 11517689Abstract: The operational parameters of a respiratory apparatus can be controlled through the use of a user interface located on a separate or separable mobile computing device. Sensors or features located on the mobile computing apparatus can be used to adjust the operation parameters or therapy of the respiratory apparatus or otherwise improve the compliance of a patient utilizing the respiratory apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Guohua Bao, Venkata Subbarao Potharaju, Arjen David Kat, Gavin Andrew Bryson Ryan, Ian Patrick Sarsfield Hickey, Benjamin Wilson Casse, Sujeewa Wannigama, Gregory Martyn Smith, Nordyn Alami, Nimansha Budhiraja, Donald Roy Kuriger, Adam John Darby, Bernhard Florian Lamprecht, Jeremy Livingston Miller, Johannes Nicolaas Bothma, Dean Antony Barker, Quinton Michael Smith, Emma Louise Nasimi, Andrew Jun Li, Nicholas Edward Vaughan, Zarin Kasad
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Patent number: 11511069Abstract: A humidification system can include a heater base, a chamber, and a breathing circuit. The heater base includes a heater plate positioned in a recessed region, and a heat conductive portion of the chamber is configured to contact the heater plate. The heater base includes a guard configured to control movement of the chamber into and out of the recessed region. The guard includes an anti-racking mechanism. The chamber includes an inlet port, an outlet port. A downward extension extends into the chamber from the inlet port, and a baffle is disposed at a lower end of the downward extension. A component of the breathing circuit can include a conduit hanging end cap for shipping and storage. The end cap can include a hanging component to allow the breathing circuit component to be hung from a medical stand. The system can detect when breathing circuits are connected in reverse.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: John James Jackson, Barry Shack Manon, Victor Rosales Corrales, Stefan Leo Van Workum, Michael John Andresen, Stephen David Evans, Mark Samuel Hamilton, Paul Fleming Buckley, Jason Allan Klenner, Hamish Osborne, Samuel Graham Boggs, James William Stanton, Joseph Nathaniel Griffiths, Jonathan Andrew George Lambert, Nicholas Edward Vaughan, James Owen Kehoe, Francisco Ernesto De La Pe{hacek over (n)}a De La Fuente, Nicholas James Michael McKenna, Rachael Porter, Simon Mordechai Stam, David Robert Kemps, Edwin Joseph Lyons, Madeleine Bess Martin, Ada Yiwen Shou, Huang-Ku Liu
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Patent number: D969993Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Callum Ross Gordon, Ryan Anthony Graham, Bruno Sintive, Mark Andrew Thompson, Amit Galgali, Vicky Dan Gao, Cameron Robert Willis, Jake Baker Hocking, Priyanka Ferdinand Pereira
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Patent number: D970720Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Callum Ross Gordon, Ryan Anthony Graham, Bruno Sintive, Mark Andrew Thompson, Amit Galgali, Vicky Dan Gao, Cameron Robert Willis, Jake Baker Hocking, Priyanka Ferdinand Pereira
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Patent number: D972716Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Craig Robert Prentice, Bernard Tsz Lun Ip, Richard John Boyes, Thomas Mark Richardson, Gareth Thomas McDermott, Jonathan Mark Downey, Matthew Roger Stephenson
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Patent number: D973705Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Benjamin Wilson Casse, Christopher Harding Campbell, Katarzyna Sobolewska, David Robert Keith Walker
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Patent number: D973862Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: David-Reyner Cailun How, Karla Maree Dey, Manuel Dindas, Paul Joseph Moody, Telge Nishan Chaturanga Peiris
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Patent number: D974551Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Rachel Nicole Mosen, Christopher Peter Hutchinson, Emeric Henri Michel Belleux, Hugo Max Treherne James
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Patent number: D976388Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Bruce Michael Walls, Rex Gordon Faithfull, Arvin San Jose Gardiola, Wen Dong Huang