Patents by Inventor Phoebe Katherine Hill
Phoebe Katherine Hill 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: 20200330713Abstract: A patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a sealing portion including a nose tip engagement portion adapted to form a seal with the patient's nose tip, an upper lip engagement portion adapted to form a seal with the patient's upper lip and/or base of the patient's nares, and nostril engagement flaps adapted to form a seal with the patient's nares. The nose tip engagement portion, the upper lip engagement portion, and the nostril engagement flaps are all structured to extend or curve outwardly from a supporting wall defining an air path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Adam Francis Barlow, Matthew Eves, Lochlan Von Moger, Phoebe Katherine Hill, Kai Stuebiger, Peter Ross Anderson
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Patent number: 10773042Abstract: A patient interface system for delivery of a supply of air at positive pressure to the entrance of a patient's airways for treatment of sleep disordered breathing includes an air delivery tube connected to a flexible portion of a plenum; a vent structure having sufficient rigidity to support its own weight under gravity and/or not to block or fold under tube movement or tube drag; and a patient interface structure. The patient interface structure includes a seal forming structure arranged on a top portion of the plenum; and a seal positioning and stabilizing structure connected to a flexible portion of the plenum. The seal-forming structure is substantially decoupled from a tube drag force.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Gerard Michael Rummery, Robert Edward Henry, Phoebe Katherine Hill, Andrew Hurst, Fiona Catherine Carroll
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Publication number: 20200061398Abstract: A headgear for use with a patient interface for delivering a flow of breathable gas to a patient includes at least a strap adapted to position the patient interface in sealing engagement with the patient's airways. The strap is constructed from an elastomer and a first side of the strap includes a first region on a portion of its surface that is textured to reduce friction with objects contacting the strap. A textured surface coating for a portion of an elastomer strap included in a headgear system is adapted to contact the skin of a patient, when in use, and the coating has a Ra value greater than zero. A vent for use with a patient interface for delivering a flow of breathable gas to a patient includes a plurality of rises and runs in a stepped arrangement; and a plurality of holes in the stepped arrangement for the venting of gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Robert Edward HENRY, Phoebe Katherine HILL, Andrew HURST, Philip Michael NURSE
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Patent number: 10500424Abstract: A headgear for use with a patient interface for delivering a flow of breathable gas to a patient includes at least a strap adapted to position the patient interface in sealing engagement with the patient's airways. The strap is constructed from an elastomer and a first side of the strap includes a first region on a portion of its surface that is textured to reduce friction with objects contacting the strap. A textured surface coating for a portion of an elastomer strap included in a headgear system is adapted to contact the skin of a patient, when in use, and the coating has a Ra value greater than zero. A vent for use with a patient interface for delivering a flow of breathable gas to a patient includes a plurality of rises and runs in a stepped arrangement; and a plurality of holes in the stepped arrangement for the venting of gas.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Gerard Michael Rummery, Robert Edward Henry, Phoebe Katherine Hill, Andrew Hurst, Philip Michael Nurse
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Publication number: 20190298959Abstract: A patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a mask having a sealing portion adapted to form a seal with the patient headgear adapted to secure the mask to a head of the patient and an adjustable strap assembly including a pair of straps connected to one another in a length adjustable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Adam Francis BARLOW, Kai STUEBIGER, Muditha Pradeep DANTANARAYANA, Aaron Samuel DAVIDSON, Phoebe Katherine HILL, Jessica Lea DUNN, Anthony Paul BARBARA, Jose Ignacio ROMAGNOLI, Lochlan VON MOGER, Kirrily Michele HASKARD, Justin John FORMICA, Rupert Christian SCHEINER
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Patent number: 10420907Abstract: A patient interface system for delivery of a supply of air at positive pressure to the entrance of a patient's airways for treatment of sleep disordered breathing includes an air delivery tube connected to a flexible portion of a plenum; a vent structure having sufficient rigidity to support its own weight under gravity and/or not to block or fold under tube movement or tube drag; and a patient interface structure. The patient interface structure includes a seal forming structure arranged on a top portion of the plenum; and a seal positioning and stabilizing structure connected to a flexible portion of the plenum. The seal-forming structure is substantially decoupled from a tube drag force.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Gerard Michael Rummery, Robert Edward Henry, Phoebe Katherine Hill, Andrew Hurst, Fiona Catherine Carroll
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Patent number: 10369318Abstract: A patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a mask having a sealing portion adapted to form a seal with the patient headgear adapted to secure the mask to a head of the patient and an adjustable strap assembly including a pair of straps connected to one another in a length adjustable manner.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: ResMed Pty LtdInventors: Adam Francis Barlow, Kai Stuebiger, Muditha Pradeep Dantanarayana, Aaron Samuel Davidson, Phoebe Katherine Hill, Jessica Lea Dunn, Anthony Paul Barbara, Jose Ignacio Romagnoli, Lochlan Von Moger, Kirrily Michele Haskard, Justin John Formica, Rupert Christian Scheiner
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Publication number: 20190217037Abstract: A patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a sealing portion including a nose tip engagement portion adapted to form a seal with the patient's nose tip, an upper lip engagement portion adapted to form a seal with the patient's upper lip and/or base of the patient's nares, and nostril engagement flaps adapted to form a seal with the patient's nares. The nose tip engagement portion, the upper lip engagement portion, and the nostril engagement flaps are all structured to extend or curve outwardly from a supporting wall defining an air path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Adam Francis BARLOW, Matthew EVES, Lochlan VON MOGER, Phoebe Katherine HILL, Kai STUEBIGER, Peter Ross ANDERSON
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Publication number: 20190134325Abstract: A ventilator device (10) includes a display screen (50, 101) to display a plurality of ventilator functions/modes (or menus) and a plurality of parameters (or sub-menus) associated with at least one of said ventilator functions/modes. A control member, e.g., in the form of a multifunction finger-operable dial (55, 102) is provided to select from the plurality of ventilator functions/modes and/or parameters, the dial being manipulatable in a first manner (e.g., rotation) to scroll between said parameters, and being manipulatable in a second manner (e.g., touching, pressing and/or depressing) to select one of the ventilator functions/modes and/or parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Mark BERTINETTI, David Peter WAWRZONEK, Phoebe Katherine HILL, Rohan Neil PRIMROSE, Heike THIELE, Alexander VIRR, Andrew Roderick BATH, Sandra Robyn CURTIS, Andrew Mikael PRICE
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Patent number: 10279141Abstract: A tub is configured to contain a supply of water and is configured to be inserted into a chamber of a humidifier. The tub includes a tub base configured to contain the supply of water. The tub also includes a tub lid and a flow plate provided between the tub base and the tub lid. The flow plate includes a water level indicator configured to indicate a level of the supply of water in the tub base. In addition, the water level indicator includes a generally rectangular portion and a generally triangular portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Alexander Virr, Andrew Roderick Bath, Nathan John Row, Dan Kao, Phoebe Katherine Hill, Nicholas Andrew Earl, Hargopal Verma, Junning Chen
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Publication number: 20190117931Abstract: A tub is configured to contain a supply of water and is configured to be inserted into a chamber of a humidifier. The tub includes a tub base configured to contain the supply of water. The tub also includes a tub lid and a flow plate provided between the tub base and the tub lid. The flow plate includes a water level indicator configured to indicate a level of the supply of water in the tub base. In addition, the water level indicator includes a generally rectangular portion and a generally triangular portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Alexander VIRR, Andrew Roderick BATH, Nathan John ROW, Dan KAO, Phoebe Katherine HILL, Nicholas Andrew EARL, Hargopal VERMA, Junning CHEN
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Patent number: 10265490Abstract: A patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a sealing portion including a nose tip engagement portion adapted to form a seal with the patient's nose tip, an upper lip engagement portion adapted to form a seal with the patient's upper lip and/or base of the patient's nares, and nostril engagement flaps adapted to form a seal with the patient's nares. The nose tip engagement portion, the upper lip engagement portion, and the nostril engagement flaps are all structured to extend or curve outwardly from a supporting wall defining an air path.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Adam Francis Barlow, Matthew Eves, Lochlan Von Moger, Phoebe Katherine Hill, Kai Stuebiger, Peter Ross Anderson
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Patent number: 10195389Abstract: A tub is configured to contain a supply of water and is configured to be inserted into a chamber of a humidifier. The tub includes a tub base configured to contain the supply of water. The tub also includes a tub lid and a flow plate provided between the tub base and the tub lid. The flow plate includes a water level indicator configured to indicate a level of the supply of water in the tub base. In addition, the water level indicator includes a generally rectangular portion and a generally triangular portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Alexander Virr, Andrew Roderick Bath, Nathan John Row, Dan Kao, Phoebe Katherine Hill, Nicholas Andrew Earl, Hargopal Verma, Junning Chen
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Patent number: 10149952Abstract: A continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device to non-invasively treat a sleep disordered breathing disorder of a user may include a humidifier indicator backlight configured to indicate operation of a humidifier and a heated tube, the humidifier indicator backlight having an on state and an off state, a first backlit color and a second backlit color, and a first brightness and a second brightness, and the humidifier indicator backlight being configured to change between the first backlit color and the second backlit color and/or between the first brightness and the second brightness in response to user adjustment of a humidifier setting and/or a heated tube setting.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: RESMED LIMITEDInventors: Mark Bertinetti, David Peter Wawrzonek, Phoebe Katherine Hill, Rohan Neil Primrose, Heike Thiele, Alexander Virr, Andrew Roderick Bath, Sandra Robyn Curtis, Andrew Mikael Price
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Publication number: 20180333550Abstract: A user interface for respiratory apparatus comprises a combination of a menu display (302), push buttons (304, 308, 310) and a rotary control dial (306). The user interface may include a menu control for detecting at least one parameter from the user's operation of the controls to navigate the menu and applying this to subsequent operation of the user interface controls. The user parameter may be a direction of operation of the rotary control dial which the user associates with a particular direction of navigation within the menu.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Phoebe Katherine HILL, Mark Bertinetti, Rohan Neil Primrose, Heike Thiele, Alexander Virr, Andrew Mikael Price, Sandra Robyn Curtis, Andrew Roderick Bath
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Patent number: 10046128Abstract: An apparatus for treating sleep disordered breathing may include: a flow generator to deliver a supply of air at positive pressure to a patient; a user interface, the user interface comprising: a display configured to display a plurality of screens; and a set of controls; and a controller in communication with the user interface and configured to control operation of the flow generator, wherein the flow generator is configured to couple with at least one accessory device and during a first mode of operation of the flow generator the controller determines a first screen of the plurality of screens to display on the display based on the at least one accessory device, the first screen of the plurality of screens being configured to enable adjustment of one or more parameters related to the operation of the at least one accessory device or the flow generator using the set of controls.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Phoebe Katherine Hill, Mark Bertinetti, Rohan Neil Primrose, Heike Thiele, Alexander Virr, Andrew Mikael Price, Sandra Robyn Curtis, Andrew Roderick Bath
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Publication number: 20180117273Abstract: A tub is configured to contain a supply of water and is configured to be inserted into a chamber of a humidifier. The tub includes a tub base configured to contain the supply of water. The tub also includes a tub lid and a flow plate provided between the tub base and the tub lid. The flow plate includes a water level indicator configured to indicate a level of the supply of water in the tub base. In addition, the water level indicator includes a generally rectangular portion and a generally triangular portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Alexander VIRR, Andrew Roderick BATH, Nathan John ROW, Dan KAO, Phoebe Katherine HILL, Nicholas Andrew EARL, Hargopal VERMA, Junning CHEN
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Publication number: 20180001046Abstract: A patient interface system for delivery of a supply of air at positive pressure to the entrance of a patient's airways for treatment of sleep disordered breathing includes an air delivery tube connected to a flexible portion of a plenum; a vent structure having sufficient rigidity to support its own weight under gravity and/or not to block or fold under tube movement or tube drag; and a patient interface structure. The patient interface structure includes a seal forming structure arranged on a top portion of the plenum; and a seal positioning and stabilizing structure connected to a flexible portion of the plenum. The seal-forming structure is substantially decoupled from a tube drag force.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Robert Edward HENRY, Phoebe Katherine HILL, Andrew HURST, Fiona Catherine CARROLL
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Patent number: 9629572Abstract: Systems and/or methods for diagnosing sleep disorders in a patient are provided. In certain example embodiments, articles of bed clothing and/or bed sheets comprising sensors operable to obtain patient condition data related to sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) are provided to patients. The patient condition data is stored to a data recorder operably connected to the sensors. The sensors and the data recorder may communicate wirelessly. The bed clothing (e.g. wearable articles of clothing, bed sheets or mats, pillows, etc.) may have batteries and/or battery fibers disposed therein to power the sensors. In certain example embodiments, a bed sheet may be physically connected to a power supply and/or the data recorder. In certain example embodiments, a bed sheet and articles of bed clothing both may be provided to the patient.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2006Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Phoebe Katherine Hill, Mark Bertinetti, Rohan Neil Primrose, Gregory Robert Peake, Philip Rodney Kwok
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Publication number: 20170080173Abstract: A patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a mask having a sealing portion adapted to form a seal with the patient headgear adapted to secure the mask to a head of the patient and an adjustable strap assembly including a pair of straps connected to one another in a length adjustable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Adam Francis BARLOW, Kai STUEBIGER, Muditha Pradeep DANTANARAYANA, Aaron Samuel DAVIDSON, Phoebe Katherine HILL, Jessica Lea DUNN, Anthony Paul BARBARA, Jose Ignacio ROMAGNOLI, Lochlan VON MOGER, Kirrily Michele HASKARD, Justin John FORMICA, Rupert Christian SCHEINER