Patents by Inventor Dimitri Marco Maurer
Dimitri Marco Maurer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240066247Abstract: A gas-washout vent includes a housing with a first wall with one or more passages through the wall configured to provide fluid communication with a portion of the patient interface system exposed to a therapy pressure. The passages include respective first openings on a first surface of the first wall. The housing at least partially defines a second opening in communication with ambient atmosphere. A diffusing material is located at least partially within the housing to be adjacent the first surface. A surface of the diffusing material facing the first surface is spaced away from the first surface by a gap that extends to provide a fluid communication between all of the first openings and between all of the first openings and the second opening. The housing is configured so that air is prevented from flowing out of the housing at all areas directly opposite each of the first openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Tatt Hoong CHOW, Muditha Pradeep DANTANARAYANA, Rahul KHERA, Dimitri Marco MAURER, Min Li TEE
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Publication number: 20240058565Abstract: An apparatus for generating and providing a pressurized breathable gas to a patient's airways includes a respiratory pressure therapy (RPT) device having an engagement port pneumatically and electrically coupled to the RPT device, and an air delivery tube configured to engage the engagement port so as to pass a flow of breathable gas to a patient interface. The air delivery tube includes electric contacts associated with a heating and/or a sensing arrangement. The air delivery tube includes a locking collar rotatably movable between (1) an unlocked position to allow connection/disconnection of the air delivery tube to/from the engagement port, and (2) a locked position to releasably lock the air delivery tube to the engagement port. The air delivery tube is structured and arranged to, when the locking collar is rotated into the locked position, pneumatically connect to the engagement port and define an operational configuration of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Justin John FORMICA, Dimitri Marco MAURER, Kenneth John TAYLOR, Jeremy William WORKMAN, Andrew CHAN, Sebastien DEUBEL, Craig Edward HARRIS
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Publication number: 20240024607Abstract: Aspects of the present technology comprise a positioning and stabilising structure to hold a seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on a head of a patient. The seal-forming structure may be constructed and arranged to form a seal with a region of the patient's face surrounding an entrance to the patient's airways for sealed delivery of a flow of air at a therapeutic pressure of at least 4 cmH2O with respect to ambient air pressure throughout the patient's respiratory cycle in use. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise at least one gas delivery tube to deliver the flow of air to the entrance of a patient's airways via the seal-forming structure. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise an adjustment mechanism for adjustment of a length of the at least one gas delivery tube to enable the positioning and stabilising structure to fit different size heads.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Michiel KOOIJ, Alexander Joel BENTLEY, Igor BESIC, Robert Thomas BURNHAM, Aaron Samuel DAVIDSON, Priyanshu GUPTA, Kirrily Michele HASKARD, Ryan Michael KIRKPATRICK, Luke Emmanuel KLINKENBERG, Dimitri Marco MAURER, Joseph Samuel ORMROD, Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Bishavjot SINGH, Christopher James SMITH, Lochlan VON MOGER, Paul Derrick WATSON, Daniel Marc WEISS, Hadley WHITE
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Publication number: 20240024612Abstract: A respiratory pressure therapy (RPT) device is disclosed for treatment of respiratory-related disorders. The RPT device includes a pressure generator, a pneumatic block, a chassis and a device outlet for delivering a supply of flow of gas to a patient interface. The RPT device also comprises an integrated humidifier including a water reservoir. An RPT device is also disclosed that includes a wireless data communication interface integrated with the housing and configured to connect to another device or a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Andrew Roderick BATH, Mark BERTINETTI, Paul Frederick BIRCHALL, Tommy Chung Yeung CHUI, Dawn Rosemary CHURCHILL, Clementine LE LOC'H, Justin John FORMICA, Matthew Rolf HARRINGTON, Ronald James HUBY, Jeegarkumar KAPADIA, Barton John KENYON, Dimitri Marco MAURER, Saad NASR, Joseph Samuel ORMROD, Jose Ignacio ROMAGNOLI, Nathan John ROW, Ian Malcolm SMITH, Robert John SPARROW, Luke Andrew STANISLAS, Zhuo Ran TANG, Ernie Wei-Chih TSAI, Hargopal VERMA, Chengwei ZHU
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Patent number: 11844907Abstract: A positive airway device is configured to deliver a pressurized flow of humidified respiratory gas to a patient's airways and includes a flow generator with a blower portion and a docking portion laterally adjacent to the blower portion. The docking portion is separated from the blower portion by a divider and comprises a cavity configured to laterally receive a humidifier tub. The humidifier tub comprises a first tub subsection with an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening and a second tub subsection. A flange extending outwardly from an outer surface of the humidifier tub forms a transition between the first and second tub subsections. The humidifier tub is configured so that when the humidifier tub is fully received by the docking portion, the first tub subsection is enclosed within the cavity and the second tub subsection remains outside the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Ian Malcolm Smith, Richard Llewelyn Jones, Hargopal Verma, Dimitri Marco Maurer, Jane Zona McHenry
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Patent number: 11844902Abstract: A gas-washout vent includes a housing with a first wall with one or more passages through the wall configured to provide fluid communication with a portion of the patient interface system exposed to a therapy pressure. The passages include respective first openings on a first surface of the first wall. The housing at least partially defines a second opening in communication with ambient atmosphere. A diffusing material is located at least partially within the housing to be adjacent the first surface. A surface of the diffusing material facing the first surface is spaced away from the first surface by a gap that extends to provide a fluid communication between all of the first openings and between all of the first openings and the second opening. The housing is configured so that air is prevented from flowing out of the housing at all areas directly opposite each of the first openings.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Tatt Hoong Chow, Muditha Pradeep Dantanarayana, Rahul Khera, Dimitri Marco Maurer, Min Li Tee
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Patent number: 11839720Abstract: An apparatus for generating and providing a pressurized breathable gas to a patient's airways includes a respiratory pressure therapy (RPT) device having an engagement port pneumatically and electrically coupled to the RPT device, and an air delivery tube configured to engage the engagement port so as to pass a flow of breathable gas to a patient interface. The air delivery tube includes electric contacts associated with a heating and/or a sensing arrangement. The air delivery tube includes a locking collar rotatably movable between (1) an unlocked position to allow connection/disconnection of the air delivery tube to/from the engagement port, and (2) a locked position to releasably lock the air delivery tube to the engagement port. The air delivery tube is structured and arranged to, when the locking collar is rotated into the locked position, pneumatically connect to the engagement port and define an operational configuration of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Justin John Formica, Dimitri Marco Maurer, Kenneth John Taylor, Jeremy William Workman, Andrew Chan, Sebastien Deubel, Craig Edward Harris
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Patent number: 11793965Abstract: Aspects of the present technology comprise a positioning and stabilising structure to hold a seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on a head of a patient. The seal-forming structure may be constructed and arranged to form a seal with a region of the patient's face surrounding an entrance to the patient's airways for sealed delivery of a flow of air at a therapeutic pressure of at least 4 cmH2O with respect to ambient air pressure throughout the patient's respiratory cycle in use. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise at least one gas delivery tube to deliver the flow of air to the entrance of a patient's airways via the seal-forming structure. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise an adjustment mechanism for adjustment of a length of the at least one gas delivery tube to enable the positioning and stabilising structure to fit different size heads.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Michiel Kooij, Alexander Joel Bentley, Igor Besic, Robert Thomas Burnham, Aaron Samuel Davidson, Priyanshu Gupta, Kirrily Michele Haskard, Ryan Michael Kirkpatrick, Luke Emmanuel Klinkenberg, Dimitri Marco Maurer, Joseph Samuel Ormrod, Gerard Michael Rummery, Rupert Christian Scheiner, Bishavjot Singh, Christopher James Smith, Lochlan Von Moger, Paul Derrick Watson, Daniel Marc Weiss, Hadley White
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Patent number: 11759595Abstract: A respiratory pressure therapy (RPT) device is disclosed for treatment of respiratory-related disorders. The RPT device includes a pressure generator, a pneumatic block, a chassis and a device outlet for delivering a supply of flow of gas to a patient interface. The RPT device also comprises an integrated humidifier including a water reservoir. An RPT device is also disclosed that includes a wireless data communication interface integrated with the housing and configured to connect to another device or a network.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Andrew Roderick Bath, Mark Bertinetti, Paul Frederick Birchall, Tommy Chung Yeung Chui, Dawn Rosemary Churchill, Clementine Le Loc'h, Justin John Formica, Matthew Rolf Harrington, Ronald James Huby, Jeegarkumar Kapadia, Barton John Kenyon, Dimitri Marco Maurer, Saad Nasr, Joseph Samuel Ormrod, Jose Ignacio Romagnoli, Nathan John Row, Ian Malcolm Smith, Robert John Sparrow, Luke Andrew Stanislas, Zhuo Ran Tang, Ernie Wei-Chih Tsai, Hargopal Verma, Chengwei Zhu
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Publication number: 20230158266Abstract: An apparatus for treatment of a respiratory condition, the apparatus comprising: a pressure generator configured to generate a flow of breathable gas; an intermediate component pneumatically connected to an air delivery tube, the intermediate component comprising a port configured to facilitate propagation of sound outside of the intermediate component; a sensor attached externally to the intermediate component and located adjacent to the port of the intermediate component, the sensor configured to sense sound propagated through the air delivery tube; and a controller. The controller can be configured to: receive a sound signal generated by the sensor as a result of sensing sound during operation of the apparatus, analyse the received sound signal, and effect a response based at least in part on the analysing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Muditha Pradeep DANTANARAYANA, Skye Kimberley SHARMA, Craig Edward HARRIS, Chengwei ZHU, Dimitri Marco MAURER, Jessie MAIKIM, Liam HOLLEY
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Patent number: 11612712Abstract: A modularized respiratory treatment apparatus provides various respiratory pressure treatments. The apparatus may be formed by discrete connectable modules such as a flow generator module, alarm module and/or humidifier module. Each module may include its own external casing or housing to independently retain or enclose the respective components that serve the function of the module. Different modules may be adapted with different components and functionalities and may be readily coupled using standardized gas and electrical connection configurations that have flow and communication paths that extend through the modules. When coupled, operation of the respiratory treatment apparatus may be controlled by detection of different modules, such as the alarm module that generates visual and/or audible alarms based on detected conditions, so as to selectively enable or disable different respiratory treatments.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventors: Mark Bertinetti, Zhuo Ran Tang, Craig Laing, Jing Wen Xie, Jianhua Zhu, Chinmayee Somaiya, Graham Stephen Cutcliffe, Sandra Robyn Curtis, Peter Milliken, Dimitri Marco Maurer
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Publication number: 20230092335Abstract: An apparatus for humidifying a flow of breathable gas includes a water reservoir and a water reservoir dock forming a cavity structured and arranged to receive the water reservoir in an operative position. The water reservoir comprises a reservoir base including a cavity structured to hold a volume of water, the reservoir base including a main body and a thermally conductive portion provided to the main body. The thermally conductive portion comprises a combined layered arrangement including a metal plate and a thin film, the thin film comprising a non-metallic material and including a wall thickness of less than about 1 mm. The thin film is adapted to form at least a bottom interior surface of the water reservoir exposed to the volume of water, and the metal plate is adapted to form a bottom exterior surface of the water reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Jeremy William WORKMAN, Ernie Wei-Chih TSAI, Michael James DENT, Max William Andrew KABILAFKAS, Dimitri Marco MAURER, Andrew CHAN, Justin John FORMICA, Hargopal VERMA, Katarzyna Anna KROL-MAZUR, Chia Ik TAN, Jessie Cindy MAIKIM
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Publication number: 20230046821Abstract: An air conduit for a respiratory therapy device comprises a first end, a second end, and a tube portion, wherein the tube portion comprises a tube wall and an auxiliary structure, such as a rib. The air conduit may deliver a flow of air from a respiratory therapy device or a humidifier to a patient interface. The air conduit may comprise a plurality of auxiliary structures, some of which may consist of a polymeric material, and some of which may comprise a polymeric material and an electrical conductor. An auxiliary structure may be a helical rib extending across a length of the tube portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventor: Dimitri Marco MAURER
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Patent number: 11541198Abstract: An apparatus for humidifying a flow of breathable gas includes a water reservoir and a water reservoir dock forming a cavity structured and arranged to receive the water reservoir in an operative position. The water reservoir comprises a reservoir base including a cavity structured to hold a volume of water, the reservoir base including a main body and a thermally conductive portion provided to the main body. The thermally conductive portion comprises a combined layered arrangement including a metal plate and a thin film, the thin film comprising a non-metallic material and including a wall thickness of less than about 1 mm. The thin film is adapted to form at least a bottom interior surface of the water reservoir exposed to the volume of water, and the metal plate is adapted to form a bottom exterior surface of the water reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Jeremy William Workman, Ernie Wei-Chih Tsai, Michael James Dent, Max William Andrew Kabilafkas, Dimitri Marco Maurer, Andrew Chan, Justin John Formica, Hargopal Verma, Katarzyna Anna Krol-Mazur, Chia Ik Tan, Jessie Cindy Maikim
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Patent number: 11529491Abstract: An apparatus for humidifying a flow of breathable gas includes a water reservoir and a water reservoir dock forming a cavity structured and arranged to receive the water reservoir in an operative position. The water reservoir comprises a reservoir base including a cavity structured to hold a volume of water, the reservoir base including a main body and a thermally conductive portion provided to the main body. The thermally conductive portion comprises a combined layered arrangement including a metal plate and a thin film, the thin film comprising a non-metallic material and including a wall thickness of less than about 1 mm. The thin film is adapted to form at least a bottom interior surface of the water reservoir exposed to the volume of water, and the metal plate is adapted to form a bottom exterior surface of the water reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Jeremy William Workman, Ernie Wei-Chih Tsai, Michael James Dent, Max William Andrew Kabilafkas, Dimitri Marco Maurer, Andrew Chan, Justin John Formica, Hargopal Verma, Katarzyna Anna Krol-Mazur, Chia Ik Tan, Jessie Cindy Maikim
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Patent number: 11504492Abstract: An air conduit for a respiratory therapy device comprises a first end, a second end, and a tube portion, wherein the tube portion comprises a tube wall and an auxiliary structure, such as a rib. The air conduit may deliver a flow of air from a respiratory therapy device or a humidifier to a patient interface. The air conduit may comprise a plurality of auxiliary structures, some of which may consist of a polymeric material, and some of which may comprise a polymeric material and an electrical conductor. An auxiliary structure may be a helical rib extending across a length of the tube portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventor: Dimitri Marco Maurer
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Patent number: 11478599Abstract: An apparatus for humidifying a flow of breathable gas includes a water reservoir and a water reservoir dock forming a cavity structured and arranged to receive the water reservoir in an operative position. The water reservoir comprises a reservoir base including a cavity structured to hold a volume of water, the reservoir base including a main body and a thermally conductive portion provided to the main body. The thermally conductive portion comprises a combined layered arrangement including a metal plate and a thin film, the thin film comprising a non-metallic material and including a wall thickness of less than about 1 mm. The thin film is adapted to form at least a bottom interior surface of the water reservoir exposed to the volume of water, and the metal plate is adapted to form a bottom exterior surface of the water reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Jeremy William Workman, Ernie Wei-Chih Tsai, Michael James Dent, Max William Andrew Kabilafkas, Dimitri Marco Maurer, Andrew Chan, Justin John Formica, Hargopal Verma, Katarzyna Anna Krol-Mazur, Chia Ik Tan, Jessie Cindy Maikim
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Patent number: 11478600Abstract: An apparatus for humidifying a flow of breathable gas includes a water reservoir and a water reservoir dock forming a cavity structured and arranged to receive the water reservoir in an operative position. The water reservoir comprises a reservoir base including a cavity structured to hold a volume of water, the reservoir base including a main body and a thermally conductive portion provided to the main body. The thermally conductive portion comprises a combined layered arrangement including a metal plate and a thin film, the thin film comprising a non-metallic material and including a wall thickness of less than about 1 mm. The thin film is adapted to form at least a bottom interior surface of the water reservoir exposed to the volume of water, and the metal plate is adapted to form a bottom exterior surface of the water reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Jeremy William Workman, Ernie Wei-Chih Tsai, Michael James Dent, Max William Andrew Kabilafkas, Dimitri Marco Maurer, Andrew Chan, Justin John Formica, Hargopal Verma, Katarzyna Anna Krol-Mazur, Chia Ik Tan, Jessie Cindy Maikim
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Publication number: 20220331546Abstract: A tub is configured to contain a supply of water and be inserted into a chamber of a humidifier. The tub includes a tub base configured to contain a supply of water and a tub lid connected to the tub base. The tub lid includes an inlet configured to receive a flow of breathable gas to be humidified and an outlet for the humidified flow of breathable gas. The tub further includes a water level indicator configured to indicate a level of the supply of water in the tub base. The water level indicator includes an inclined portion configured to direct the flow of breathable gas from the inlet away from the outlet. The water level indicator may be visible through the inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Dimitri Marco MAURER, Ian Malcolm SMITH, Richard Llewelyn JONES, Hargopal VERMA
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Patent number: D1010130Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Andrew Roderick Bath, Mark Bertinetti, Clementine Le Loc'h, Justin John Formica, Matthew Rolf Harrington, Barton John Kenyon, Dimitri Marco Maurer, Joseph Samuel Ormrod, Henri Spaile, Hargopal Verma, Justin Peter Wagemakers, Chengwei Zhu