Patents by Inventor James McKensey Bencke
James McKensey Bencke 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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Patent number: 11969553Abstract: A first part of a fluid connector system for delivery of pressurized breathing gas to a patient from a respiratory pressure therapy device. The first part has a connector portion with a first opening for a fluid flow, a sealing surface around a periphery of the first opening, and a retaining portion axially aligned with the sealing surface. The sealing surface is configured to axially receive a seal portion extending around a periphery of a second opening to form a face seal with a second part of the fluid connector system. The retaining portion is configured to be releasably engaged with a retaining portion of the second part of the fluid connector system.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: James McKensey Bencke, Justin John Formica, Richard Llewelyn Jones, Joseph Samuel Ormrod, Mark Simpson, Jamie Graeme Wehbeh
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Publication number: 20230211110Abstract: A heat and moisture exchanger (HME) for engaging a patient’s nose while retrofit into a plenum chamber of a patient interface. The HME includes a frame configured to couple to a ridge of the patient’s nose, and a cradle coupled to the frame. The cradle is configured to be positioned proximate to the patient’s nares. The HME also includes an HME material coupled to the cradle. The HME material is configured to retain moisture exhaled by the patient. Air is configured to pass through the HME material when entering and exiting the patient’s nares. The HME engages and is secured to the patient’s nose independently of any other structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: James McKensey BENCKE, Eric LEUNG
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Publication number: 20220233803Abstract: A patient interface may include: a plenum chamber pressurisable to a therapeutic pressure; a seal-forming structure connected to the plenum chamber, the plenum chamber being constructed and arranged to seal with a region of the patients face; a positioning and stabilising structure configured to provide a force to hold the seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on the patients head; a vent structure configured to allow a continuous flow of gases exhaled by the patient from an interior of the plenum chamber to ambient; and a material configured to adsorb water vapour from gases exhaled by the patient and desorb water vapour into the flow of air at the therapeutic pressure, the material being positioned within the plenum chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Kevin Kai Yun WONG, James McKensey BENCKE
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Publication number: 20220088330Abstract: A blower includes a housing including an inlet and an outlet, a motor to drive a rotatable shaft, first and second impellers provided to the shaft, the first and second impellers each including a plurality of impeller blades, a first stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the first impeller, and a second stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the second impeller. A first set of stator vanes of the first stationary component is provided around the motor and are configured and arranged to direct airflow along the motor, to de-swirl the airflow and to decelerate air to increase pressure. A blower including a third impeller and third stationary component positioned above the first impeller is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Barton John KENYON, Jeegarkumar KAPADIA, Melanie Lucia CARIOLA, Michael Bruce MOIR, Aleksandr S. NAGORNY, Christopher Scott EDWARDS, James McKensey BENCKE, Paul Andrew DICKENS
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Patent number: 11191913Abstract: A blower includes a housing including an inlet and an outlet, a motor to drive a rotatable shaft, first and second impellers provided to the shaft, the first and second impellers each including a plurality of impeller blades, a first stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the first impeller, and a second stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the second impeller. A first set of stator vanes of the first stationary component is provided around the motor and are configured and arranged to direct airflow along the motor, to de-swirl the airflow and to decelerate air to increase pressure. A blower including a third impeller and third stationary component positioned above the first impeller is also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: ResMed Motor Technologies Inc.Inventors: Barton John Kenyon, Jeegarkumar Kapadia, Melanie Lucia Cariola, Michael Bruce Moir, Aleksandr S. Nagorny, Christopher Scott Edwards, James McKensey Bencke, Paul Andrew Dickens
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Publication number: 20210038852Abstract: A fluid connector system includes a first end portion with a first opening, a seal portion extending around a periphery of the first opening, and a latching portion. The seal portion is fixedly mounted to the first end portion. The fluid connector system also includes a second end portion that has an inner tube with a second opening, a sealing surface that extends around a periphery of the second opening, and an outer tube. The sealing surface may engage the seal portion to form a face seal to breathing gas travelling along the direction of engagement between the first and second end portions. The outer tube includes a complementary latching portion that may engage with the latching portion and may be depressed into a cavity formed between the inner and outer tubes. The seal portion is axially recessed relative to the latching portion along the direction of engagement.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: James McKensey BENCKE, Justin John FORMICA, Richard Llewelyn JONES, Joseph Samuel ORMROD, Mark SIMPSON, Jamie Graeme WEHBEH
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Publication number: 20200398007Abstract: A respiratory apparatus includes components to protect operations of the apparatus. For example, in some versions, the apparatus may include a power supply, a motor powered by the power supply, and a transient absorption diode circuit between the motor and the power supply. The transient absorption diode circuit may be configured to absorb energy generated by the motor from rotational kinetic energy. Such absorption may serve to protect the components of the apparatus. In some examples, the apparatus may include a fault mitigation integrated circuit (IC). The IC circuit may be included in the respiratory apparatus to detect one or more faults based on physical and system parameters of the apparatus. The fault mitigation integrated circuit may generate a signal to stop the motor based on the detected fault, and may digitally communicate with a processor information about the detected fault.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Timothy Nicholas SHADIE, James McKensey BENCKE
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Patent number: 10850059Abstract: One form of the present technology includes a fluid connector for delivery of breathing gas to a patient from a respiratory pressure therapy device, the fluid connector including a first end with a first opening to deliver a fluid flow, a seal portion extending around a periphery of the first opening, and a latching portion, a second end with a second opening to receive the fluid flow, a sealing surface extending around a periphery of the second opening and configured to engage the seal portion to form a face seal, and a complementary latching portion configured to engage with the latching portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: James McKensey Bencke, Justin John Formica, Richard Llewelyn Jones, Joseph Samuel Ormrod, Mark Simpson, Jamie Graeme Wehbeh
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Patent number: 10792448Abstract: A respiratory apparatus includes components to protect operations of the apparatus. For example, in some versions, the apparatus may include a power supply, a motor powered by the power supply, and a transient absorption diode circuit between the motor and the power supply. The transient absorption diode circuit may be configured to absorb energy generated by the motor from rotational kinetic energy. Such absorption may serve to protect the components of the apparatus. In some examples, the apparatus may include a fault mitigation integrated circuit (IC). The IC circuit may be included in the respiratory apparatus to detect one or more faults based on physical and system parameters of the apparatus. The fault mitigation integrated circuit may generate a signal to stop the motor based on the detected fault, and may digitally communicate with a processor information about the detected fault.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Timothy Nicholas Shadie, James McKensey Bencke
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Publication number: 20190038857Abstract: A blower includes a housing including an inlet and an outlet, a motor to drive a rotatable shaft, first and second impellers provided to the shaft, the first and second impellers each including a plurality of impeller blades, a first stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the first impeller, and a second stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the second impeller. A first set of stator vanes of the first stationary component is provided around the motor and are configured and arranged to direct airflow along the motor, to de-swirl the airflow and to decelerate air to increase pressure. A blower including a third impeller and third stationary component positioned above the first impeller is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Barton John KENYON, Jeegarkumar KAPADIA, Melanie Lucia CARIOLA, Michael Bruce MOIR, Aleksandr S. NAGORNY, Christopher Scott EDWARDS, James McKensey BENCKE, Paul Andrew DICKENS
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Patent number: 10124135Abstract: A blower includes a housing including an inlet and an outlet, a motor to drive a rotatable shaft, first and second impellers provided to the shaft, the first and second impellers each including a plurality of impeller blades, a first stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the first impeller, and a second stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the second impeller. A first set of stator vanes of the first stationary component is provided around the motor and are configured and arranged to direct airflow along the motor, to de-swirl the airflow and to decelerate air to increase pressure. A blower including a third impeller and third stationary component positioned above the first impeller is also described.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: ResMed Motor Technologies Inc.Inventors: Barton John Kenyon, Jeegarkumar Kapadia, Melanie Lucia Cariola, Michael Bruce Moir, Aleksandr S. Nagorny, Christopher Scott Edwards, James McKensey Bencke, Paul Andrews Dickens
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Publication number: 20180043125Abstract: One form of the present technology includes a fluid connector for delivery of breathing gas to a patient from a respiratory pressure therapy device, the fluid connector including a first end with a first opening to deliver a fluid flow, a seal portion extending around a periphery of the first opening, and a latching portion, a second end with a second opening to receive the fluid flow, a sealing surface extending around a periphery of the second opening and configured to engage the seal portion to form a face seal, and a complementary latching portion configured to engage with the latching portionType: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: James Mckensey BENCKE, Justin John FORMICA, Richard Llewelyn JONES, Joseph Samuel ORMROD, Mark SIMPSON, Jamie Graeme WEHBEH
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Publication number: 20160375209Abstract: A respiratory apparatus includes components to protect operations of the apparatus. For example, in some versions, the apparatus may include a power supply, a motor powered by the power supply, and a transient absorption diode circuit between the motor and the power supply. The transient absorption diode circuit may be configured to absorb energy generated by the motor from rotational kinetic energy. Such absorption may serve to protect the components of the apparatus. In some examples, the apparatus may include a fault mitigation integrated circuit (IC). The IC circuit may be included in the respiratory apparatus to detect one or more faults based on physical and system parameters of the apparatus. The fault mitigation integrated circuit may generate a signal to stop the motor based on the detected fault, and may digitally communicate with a processor information about the detected fault.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2014Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: RESMED LIMITEDInventors: Timothy Nicholas Shadie, James McKensey Bencke
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Publication number: 20140158131Abstract: A blower includes a housing including an inlet and an outlet, a motor to drive a rotatable shaft, first and second impellers provided to the shaft, the first and second impellers each including a plurality of impeller blades, a first stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the first impeller, and a second stationary component provided to the housing and including stator vanes downstream of the second impeller. A first set of stator vanes of the first stationary component is provided around the motor and are configured and arranged to direct airflow along the motor, to de-swirl the airflow and to decelerate air to increase pressure. A blower including a third impeller and third stationary component positioned above the first impeller is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: ResMed Motor Technologies Inc.Inventors: Barton John Kenyon, Jaegarkumar Kapadia, Melanie Lucia Cariola, Michael Bruce Moir, Aleksandr S. Nagorny, Christopher Scott Edwards, James McKensey Bencke, Paul Andrew Dickens