Patents by Inventor Joanne E. Drew
Joanne E. Drew 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: 8826908Abstract: An elbow assembly for use in a respiratory mask, which includes an elbow, an inlet port, an exhaust port, and a baffle separating the inlet port from the exhaust port. A mask assembly includes a cushion comprising at least one gusset and an aperture for connection to the elbow assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2007Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Joanne E. Drew, Memduh Guney, Amal S. Amarasinghe, Perry D. Lithgow, Anthony M Ging, Borivoje Ljubojevic, Donald Darkin, Grahame B. Aston
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Patent number: 8439039Abstract: A respiratory mask includes a mask shell defining an interior of the respiratory mask and a gas washout vent passage having an inlet forming part of the mask shell and in fluid communication with the interior and an outlet in fluid communication with atmosphere. The mask shell includes a tubular mask inlet adapted to connect to a breathable gas supply conduit. The outlet includes an interior surface that forms a smooth prolongation with an adjacent exterior surface of the mask shell, and the outlet is adapted to direct washout gas in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the mask inlet and away from the mask inlet. The mask shell includes a body portion and a cap portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Michael K. Gunaratnam, Joanne E. Drew, Geoffrey Crumblin, Phillip Jenkinson, Susan Robyn Lynch
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Publication number: 20120048276Abstract: A respiratory mask includes a mask shell defining an interior of the respiratory mask and a gas washout vent passage having an inlet forming part of the mask shell and in fluid communication with the interior and an outlet in fluid communication with atmosphere. The mask shell includes a tubular mask inlet adapted to connect to a breathable gas supply conduit. The outlet includes an interior surface that forms a smooth prolongation with an adjacent exterior surface of the mask shell, and the outlet is adapted to direct washout gas in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the mask inlet and away from the mask inlet. The mask shell includes a body portion and a cap portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: ResMed LimitedInventors: Michael K. Gunaratnam, Joanne E. Drew, Geoffrey Crumblin, Phillip Jenkinson, Susan R. Lynch
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Patent number: 8011369Abstract: A connector includes a mask end for connecting with the interior of a respiratory mask, a supply conduit end, and a gas washout vent passage having an inlet adjacent to, or forming part of, the mask end in fluid communication with the interior of the respiratory mask and an outlet in fluid communication with atmosphere. The vent outlet of the vent passage is disposed on the side of the connector remote from the mask end. A respiratory mask includes a mask shell, a mask inlet for connecting with the outlet of a breathable gas supply conduit, and a gas washout vent passage. A vent outlet is disposed on the side of the mask remote from the mask interior and is adapted to direct the washout gas in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mask inlet and away from the mask inlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Michael K. Gunaratnam, Joanne E. Drew, Geoffrey Crumblin, Phillip Jenkinson, Susan Robyn Lynch
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Publication number: 20090194112Abstract: A connector includes a mask end for connecting with the interior of a respiratory mask, a supply conduit end, and a gas washout vent passage having an inlet adjacent to, or forming part of, the mask end in fluid communication with the interior of the respiratory mask and an outlet in fluid communication with atmosphere. The vent outlet of the vent passage is disposed on the side of the connector remote from the mask end. A respiratory mask includes a mask shell, a mask inlet for connecting with the outlet of a breathable gas supply conduit, and a gas washout vent passage. A vent outlet is disposed on the side of the mask remote from the mask interior and is adapted to direct the washout gas in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mask inlet and away from the mask inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: ResMed LimitedInventors: Michael K. Gunaratnam, Joanne E. Drew, Geoffrey Crumblin, Phillip Jenkinson, Susan R. Lynch
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Patent number: 7523753Abstract: A connector includes a mask end for connecting with the interior of a respiratory mask, a supply conduit end, and a gas washout vent passage having an inlet adjacent to, or forming part of, the mask end in fluid communication with the interior of the respiratory mask and an outlet in fluid communication with atmosphere. The vent outlet of the vent passage is disposed on the side of the connector remote from the mask end. A respiratory mask includes a mask shell, a mask inlet for connecting with the outlet of a breathable gas supply conduit, and a gas washout vent passage. A vent outlet is disposed on the side of the mask remote from the mask interior and is adapted to direct the washout gas in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mask inlet and away from the mask inlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Michael K. Gunaratnam, Joanne E. Drew, Geoffrey Crumblin, Phillip Jenkinson, Susan R. Lynch
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Patent number: 7316230Abstract: An elbow assembly for use in a respiratory mask, which includes an elbow, an inlet port, an exhaust port, and a baffle separating the inlet port from the exhaust port. A mask assembly includes a cushion comprising at least one gusset and an aperture for connection to the elbow assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2005Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Joanne E. Drew, Memduh Guney, Amal S. Amarasinghe, Perry D. Lithgow, Anthony M. Ging, Borivoje Ljubojevic, Donald Darkin, Grahame B. Aston
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Patent number: 7066178Abstract: A connector includes a mask end for connecting with the interior of a respiratory mask, a supply conduit end, and a gas washout vent passage having an inlet adjacent to, or forming part of, the mask end in fluid communication with the interior of the respiratory mask and an outlet in fluid communication with atmosphere. The vent outlet of the vent passage is disposed on the side of the connector remote from the mask end. A respiratory mask includes a mask shell, a mask inlet for connecting with the outlet of a breathable gas supply conduit, and a gas washout vent passage. A vent outlet is disposed on the side of the mask remote from the mask interior and is adapted to direct the washout gas in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mask inlet and away from the mask inlet.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2003Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Michael K. Gunaratnam, Joanne E. Drew, Geoffrey Crumblin, Phillip Jenkinson, Susan R. Lynch
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Patent number: 7011090Abstract: An elbow assembly for use in a respiratory mask, which includes an elbow, an inlet port, an exhaust port, and a baffle separating the inlet port from the exhaust port. A mask assembly includes a cushion comprising at least one gusset and an aperture for connection to the elbow assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2003Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Joanne E. Drew, Memduh Guney, Amal S. Amarasinghe, Perry D. Lithgow, Anthony M Ging, Borivoje Ljubojevic, Donald Darkin, Grahame B Aston
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Publication number: 20040112385Abstract: An elbow assembly for use in a respiratory mask, which includes an elbow, an inlet port, an exhaust port, and a baffle separating the inlet port from the exhaust port. A mask assembly includes a cushion comprising at least one gusset and an aperture for connection to the elbow assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2003Publication date: June 17, 2004Inventors: Joanne E. Drew, Memduh Guney, Amal S. Amarasinghe, Perry D. Lithgow, Anthony M. Ging, Borivoje Ljubojevic, Donald Darkin, Grahame B. Aston
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Patent number: 6691707Abstract: A connector includes a mask end for connecting with the interior of a respiratory mask, a supply conduit end, and a gas washout vent passage having an inlet adjacent to, or forming part of, the mask end in fluid communication with the interior of the respiratory mask and an outlet in fluid communication with atmosphere. The vent outlet of the vent passage is disposed on the side of the connector remote from the mask end. A respiratory mask includes a mask shell, a mask inlet for connecting with the outlet of a breathable gas supply conduit, and a gas washout vent passage. A vent outlet is disposed on the side of the mask remote from the mask interior and is adapted to direct the washout gas in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mask inlet and away from the mask inlet.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2000Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Michael K. Gunaratnam, Joanne E. Drew, Geoffrey Crumblin, Phillip Jenkinson, Susan R. Lynch
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Publication number: 20040025881Abstract: A connector includes a mask end for connecting with the interior of a respiratory mask, a supply conduit end, and a gas washout vent passage having an inlet adjacent to, or forming part of, the mask end in fluid communication with the interior of the respiratory mask and an outlet in fluid communication with atmosphere. The vent outlet of the vent passage is disposed on the side of the connector remote from the mask end. A respiratory mask includes a mask shell, a mask inlet for connecting with the outlet of a breathable gas supply conduit, and a gas washout vent passage. A vent outlet is disposed on the side of the mask remote from the mask interior and is adapted to direct the washout gas in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mask inlet and away from the mask inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Applicant: RedMed LimitedInventors: Michael K. Gunaratnam, Joanne E. Drew, Geoffrey Crumblin, Phillip Jenkinson, Susan R. Lynch
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Patent number: D515204Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2004Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: ResMedInventors: Memduh Guney, Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu, Perry D. Lithgow, Amal S. Amarasinghe, Joanne E. Drew, Jim Saada, Borivoje Ljubojevic, Anthony Ging, Susan R. Lynch, Gary C. Robinson, Robert H. Frater
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Patent number: D530007Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2004Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Memduh Guney, Perry D. Lithgow, Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu, Jim Saada, Joanne E. Drew, Susan R. Lynch
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Patent number: D540464Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2004Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Memduh Guney, Anthony Ging, Perry D. Lithgow, Jim Saada, Amal S. Amarasinghe, Joanne E. Drew, Borivoje Ljubojevic, Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu
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Patent number: D486226Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2002Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Resmed LimitedInventors: Memduh Guney, Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu, Perry D. Lithgow, Amal S. Amarasinghe, Joanne E. Drew, Jim Saada, Borivoje Ljubojevic, Anthony Ging, Susan R. Lynch, Gary C. Robinson, Robert H. Frater
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Patent number: D492992Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2003Date of Patent: July 13, 2004Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Memduh Guney, Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu, Perry D. Lithgow, Amal S. Amarasinghe, Joanne E. Drew, Jim Saada, Borivoje Ljubojevic, Anthony Ging, Susan R. Lynch, Gary C. Robinson, Robert H. Frater
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Patent number: D494675Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Memduh Guney, Perry D. Lithgow, Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu, Jim Saada, Joanne E. Drew, Susan R. Lynch
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Patent number: D588689Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2008Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Memduh Guney, Perry D. Lithgow, Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu, Jim Saada, Joanne E. Drew, Susan R. Lynch
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Patent number: D671205Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2007Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Memduh Guney, Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu, Perry D. Lithgow, Amal S. Amarasinghe, Joanne E. Drew, Jim Saada, Borivoje Ljubojevic, Anthony Ging, Susan R. Lynch, Gary C. Robinson, Robert H. Frater