Patents by Inventor Michiel Kooij

Michiel Kooij 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).

  • Publication number: 20250032739
    Abstract: A patient interface is configured to deliver a flow of pressurized breathable gas to a patient's airways. The patient interface includes a central portion with an opening configured to deliver the pressurized breathable gas to the patient's nares. A first stabilizing portion extends from the central portion and is structured to engage an outer side of a respective one of the patient's nostrils. A second stabilizing portion is opposite the first stabilizing portion and extends from the central portion. In addition, the second stabilizing surface is structured to engage an outer side of a respective one of the patient's nostrils. The central portion, the first stabilizing portion and the second stabilizing portion cooperate to form a U-shape configured to cradle the patient's nose so that the tip of the patient's nose remains exposed when the patient interface is mounted on the patient's face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Michiel KOOIJ, Scott Alexander HOWARD, Justin John FORMICA, Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Renee Frances FLOWER, Adam Francis BARLOW, Joel Edward GIBSON, Damien Julian MAZZONE, Aaron Samuel DAVIDSON, Bernd Christoph LANG, Achim BIENER, Michael John REID, Dieter HEIDMANN
  • Publication number: 20250025656
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20250025654
    Abstract: A patient interface includes a frame including a single sheet of textile material and a seal-forming structure provided to the frame. A first edge of the sheet of textile material is joined to a second edge of the sheet of textile material such that the frame adopts a predetermined three-dimensional shape that is maintained throughout the patient's respiratory cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Jessica Lea DUNN, Michiel KOOIJ
  • Patent number: 12151064
    Abstract: A patient interface includes a frame including a textile material and a seal-forming structure provided to the frame. The seal-forming structure includes a foam material and/or a foam and textile material configured and arranged to form a seal with the patient's nose and/or mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Rupert Christian Scheiner, Jessica Lea Dunn, Michiel Kooij
  • Patent number: 12144927
    Abstract: A patient interface includes a hollow base with an air inlet configured to be connected to an air delivery tube and receive the pressurized flow of respiratory gas. The hollow base further includes a pair of nozzles extending from the hollow base. Each nozzle is configured to receive the pressurized flow of respiratory gas from a respective one of the pair of air outlets. A continuous flexible adhesive strip of material configured to adhere to a side of the patient's nose and support the hollow base and the pair of nozzles on the patient's face to form a sealed airpath from the hollow base to the patient's nasal airways. The hollow base comprises a first portion from which the pair of nozzles extend and a second portion that is attachable to the air delivery tube. The second portion is more rigid than the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Michiel Kooij, Scott Alexander Howard, Justin John Formica, Gerard Michael Rummery, Renee Frances Flower, Adam Francis Barlow, Joel Edward Gibson, Damien Julian Mazzone, Aaron Samuel Davidson, Bernd Christoph Lang, Achim Biener, Michael John Reid, Dieter Heidmann
  • Publication number: 20240366417
    Abstract: Forms of the present technology relate to a patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient. The patient interface may comprise a pressurisable plenum chamber and a seal-forming structure configured to form a seal with a region of the patient's face surrounding an entrance to the patient's nares but not around the patient's mouth. The patient interface may further comprise a vent structure to allow a continuous flow of gases exhaled by the patient from an interior of the plenum chamber to ambient. The patient interface may further comprise a mouth closure structure configured to promote closure of the patient's mouth. In some forms, the seal-forming structure may comprise at least one adhesive surface configured in use to adhere to a region of the patient's face to form the seal. In some forms, the mouth closure structure may be integrally connected to the seal-forming structure and/or the plenum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Lachlan Richard GOLDSPINK, Michiel KOOIJ, Stewart Joseph WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20240358956
    Abstract: A patient interface for sealed delivery of a flow of air at a continuously positive pressure with respect to ambient air pressure to an entrance to the patient's airways including at least entrance of a patient's nares to ameliorate sleep disordered breathing may include a seal-forming structure comprising a foam undercushion and a textile membrane for contact with the patient's face; a positioning and stabilising structure to maintain the seal-forming structure in sealing contact with an area surrounding an entrance to the patient's airways while maintaining a therapeutic pressure at the entrance to the patient's airways; and a plenum chamber pressurised at a pressure above ambient pressure in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Hollie Elizabeth BAIGENT, Jessica Lea DUNN, Justin John FORMICA, Joel Edward GIBSON, Kirrily Michele HASKARD, Rachel HERMAN, Michiel KOOIJ, Jose Ignacio ROMAGNOLI, Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Sandeep Kumar TIWARI, Lochlan VON MOGER, Hadley WHITE, Tzu-Chin YU
  • Patent number: 12064557
    Abstract: A patient interface for sealed delivery of a flow of air at a continuously positive pressure with respect to ambient air pressure to an entrance to the patient's airways including at least entrance of a patient's nares to ameliorate sleep disordered breathing may include a seal-forming structure comprising a foam undercushion and a textile membrane for contact with the patient's face; a positioning and stabilising structure to maintain the seal-forming structure in sealing contact with an area surrounding an entrance to the patient's airways while maintaining a therapeutic pressure at the entrance to the patient's airways; and a plenum chamber pressurised at a pressure above ambient pressure in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Hollie Elizabeth Baigent, Jessica Lea Dunn, Justin John Formica, Joel Edward Gibson, Kirrily Michele Haskard, Rachel Herman, Michiel Kooij, Jose Ignacio Romagnoli, Gerard Michael Rummery, Rupert Christian Scheiner, Sandeep Kumar Tiwari, Lochlan Von Moger, Hadley White, Tzu-Chin Yu
  • Publication number: 20240108840
    Abstract: A patient interface system for delivery of respiratory therapy to a patient comprises: a nasal portion including a nasal chamber and a nasal sealing portion adapted to form a seal with the patients including an opening; an inlet conduit connected to the nasal portion to deliver the pressurized, breathable gas to the nasal chamber; and a nasal chamber coupling component adapted to form part of a releasable fluid coupling to enable the nasal portion to be fluidly coupled to a mouth portion to communicate a portion of the pressurized, breathable gas through the nasal chamber opening to the mouth portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Adam Francis BARLOW, Luke Andrew STANISLAS, Iain McNicol FINLAY, Christopher Daniel PARKER, Hongjiang YU, Luke Emmanuel KLINKENBERG, Hugh Francis Stewart THOMAS, Michiel KOOIJ, Paul Derrick WATSON, Rahul KHERA, Nigel Paul GREIG, Shannon DAY, Vinay MANJUNATH
  • Publication number: 20240066253
    Abstract: A patient interface a positioning and stabilising structure, which includes a gas delivery tube with a tube wall that has an interior passage for flow of pressurized air. A portion of the tube wall includes a patient contacting portion and a non-patient contacting portion. The patient contacting portion includes a layer of textile material or foam material configured to lie against the patient's head. At least a section of the non-patient contacting portion includes of a transparent and/or translucent material. The layer of textile material or foam material is bonded to the transparent and/or translucent material so that the tube wall is formed as a one piece construction. A plane extends generally transverse to longitudinal axis contains both (1) the textile material or foam material and (2) the transparent and/or translucent material, so that the patient may view the interior passage along a transverse axis extending through the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Memduh GUNEY, Michiel KOOIJ, Jeremy MCMANUS
  • Publication number: 20240024607
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 11857726
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods automate selection of patient interface(s) according to their size, such as with processing in a processor(s) or in a server(s). Image data captured by an image sensor may be received. The captured image data may contain facial feature(s) of an intended user of the patient interface. The facial features may be captured in association with a predetermined reference feature of known dimension(s). The user's facial feature(s) and the reference feature may be detected in the captured image data. Image pixel data of the image may be processed to measure an aspect of the detected facial feature(s) based on the reference feature. A patient interface size may be detected from standard patient interface sizes based on a comparison between the measured aspect of the facial feature(s) and a data record relating sizing information of the standard patient interface sizes and the measured aspect of the facial feature(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu, Denis Butyletskiy, Michiel Kooij, Benjamin Peter Johnston, Robert James Hudson
  • Patent number: 11826511
    Abstract: A patient interface a positioning and stabilising structure, which includes a gas delivery tube with a tube wall that has an interior passage for flow of pressurized air. A portion of the tube wall includes a patient contacting portion and a non-patient contacting portion. The patient contacting portion includes a layer of textile material or foam material configured to lie against the patient's head. At least a section of the non-patient contacting portion includes of a transparent and/or translucent material. The layer of textile material or foam material is bonded to the transparent and/or translucent material so that the tube wall is formed as a one piece construction. A plane extends generally transverse to longitudinal axis contains both (1) the textile material or foam material and (2) the transparent and/or translucent material, so that the patient may view the interior passage along a transverse axis extending through the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Memduh Guney, Michiel Kooij, Jeremy McManus
  • Patent number: 11793965
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20230241341
    Abstract: A patient interface includes a frame including a textile material and a seal-forming structure provided to the frame. The seal-forming structure includes a foam material and/or a foam and textile material configured and arranged to form a seal with the patient's nose and/or mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Jessica Lea DUNN, Michiel KOOIJ
  • Publication number: 20230233785
    Abstract: A patient interface includes a plenum chamber, a seal-forming structure, and a positioning and stabilising structure to provide a force to hold the seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on a patient's head. The positioning and stabilizing structure includes a superior strap portion, an inferior strap portion, and a posterior connecting strap portion connected to or formed integrally with the superior strap portion and the inferior strap portion. The posterior connecting strap portion is constructed from a mesh material that is different than the material used to construct the superior strap portion and the inferior strap portion. The posterior connecting strap portion has a greater stretch capability than the superior strap portion and a lesser stretch capability than the inferior strap portion. The stretch capabilities allow the positioning and stabilizing structure to be removable from the patient's head when the loop engages the connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Michiel KOOIJ, Iain McNicol FINLAY
  • Publication number: 20230211107
    Abstract: A headgear assembly includes a strap of a first flexible material with an elongate edge, and a second flexible material folded around and running along the elongate edge. The second flexible material may be an elastic material. The second flexible material may also cover an intersection or joint in the first flexible material such that the first flexible material may be made from two flexible materials layered together or joined end to end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Michiel KOOIJ, Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Annie YU, Tzu-Chin YU, Kit Lun YICK, Yiu Wan YIP, Jessica Lea DUNN
  • Publication number: 20230191066
    Abstract: A patient contacting member is disclosed. The patient contacting member may be configured to releasably engage a gas delivery tube which forms part of a positioning and stabilising structure for a patient interface. The patient contacting member may comprise an elongate sleeve portion which is engageable with the gas delivery tube and a strap configured to engage a back of a patients head, in use. A system for positioning and stabilising a patient interface comprising a plurality of patient contacting members is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Michiel KOOIJ, Adam Francis BARLOW, Joseph Samuel ORMROD, Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Stewart Joseph WAGNER, Michael Kenneth TRUSCOTT
  • Patent number: 11666721
    Abstract: A patient interface includes a frame including a textile material and a seal-forming structure provided to the frame. The seal-forming structure includes a foam material and/or a foam and textile material configured and arranged to form a seal with the patient's nose and/or mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Rupert Christian Scheiner, Jessica Lea Dunn, Michiel Kooij
  • Patent number: 11633561
    Abstract: A patient interface includes a plenum chamber, a seal-forming structure, and a positioning and stabilising structure to provide a force to hold the seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on a patient's head. The positioning and stabilizing structure includes a superior strap portion, an inferior strap portion, and a posterior connecting strap portion connected to or formed integrally with the superior strap portion and the inferior strap portion. The posterior connecting strap portion is constructed from a mesh material that is different than the material used to construct the superior strap portion and the inferior strap portion. The posterior connecting strap portion has a greater stretch capability than the superior strap portion and a lesser stretch capability than the inferior strap portion. The stretch capabilities allow the positioning and stabilizing structure to be removable from the patient's head when the loop engages the connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Michiel Kooij, Iain McNicol Finlay