Patents by Inventor Rupert Christian Scheiner

Rupert Christian Scheiner 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: 20240108841
    Abstract: A patient interface comprises a support structure and a seal-forming structure. The support structure is arranged to support the sealing portion and is configured to connect to the frame. The sealing portion comprises textile and is attached to the support structure along an outer perimeter of the sealing portion such that in use the sealing portion may be in tension due to reactive stress of the support structure and/or a resilient stretch characteristic of the textile such that the sealing portion exerts a force against the patient's face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Memduh GUNEY, Rupert Christian SCHEINER
  • Patent number: 11931513
    Abstract: A patient interface for delivery of a supply of pressurised air or breathable gas to an entrance of a patient's airways comprising: a cushion member that includes a retaining structure and a seal-forming structure permanently connected to the retaining structure; a frame member attachable to the retaining structure; and a positioning and stabilising structure attachable to the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Rupert Christian Scheiner, William Laurence Hitchcock, Anthony Paul Barbara, Adam Francis Barlow, Craig David Edwards, Lachlan Richard Goldspink, Kirrily Michele Haskard, Murray William Lee, Frederick Arlet May, Gerard Michael Rummery, Shiva Kumar Shanmuga Sundara, Chia Ik Tan, Stewart Joseph Wagner, Alicia Kristianne Wells, Martin Forrester, Ralph Jourdan
  • Patent number: 11931514
    Abstract: A patient interface structure includes a cushion configured to sealingly engage the patient's face and a front that is more rigid than the cushion. The cushion includes a forward opening, a rearward opening that is opposite the forward opening and a continuous sealing surface. The continuous sealing surface has a mouth sealing portion configured to seal around the patient's mouth and a nasal sealing portion configured to seal around both of the patient's nasal airways. The front plate includes an air inlet configured to both receive the pressurized respiratory gas and secure headgear to the patient interface structure. In addition, the nasal sealing portion includes at least one aperture that is separate from the rearward opening. Also, the front plate, the mouth sealing portion and the nasal sealing portion together form a common chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Adam Francis Barlow, Rupert Christian Scheiner, Justin John Formica, Aaron Samuel Davidson, Kai Stuebiger
  • Patent number: 11896854
    Abstract: A mask for use at an operating pressure substantially equal to atmospheric pressure includes a body with a three-dimensional shaped chamber that is configured to receive a user's mouth and nares and operate at the operating pressure. The mask also includes a nose portion having an uppermost portion sized to avoid contact with the user's nasal ridge and to contact the user's nose along the user's sagittal plane and around at least a portion of the user's nares on an inferior side of the user's nose inferior to the user's nasal ridge. The nose portion is constructed from an at least partially impermeable material to limit airflow toward the user's eyes in use. The mask also includes a positioning and stabilising structure to provide a force to hold the seal forming structure in position against the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Rupert Christian Scheiner
  • Publication number: 20240042155
    Abstract: A mask system includes a frame defining a breathing chamber, a cushion provided to the frame and adapted to form a seal with the patient's face, and a shroud provided to the frame and adapted to attach headgear. The shroud includes a retaining mechanism structured to connect the shroud to the frame. The retaining mechanism includes both a taper lock arrangement and a retaining clip arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew EVES, Muditha Pradeep DANTANARAYANA, Errol Savio Alex D'SOUZA, Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Stuart Norris PLASCOTT, Jamie Graeme WEHBEH, Murray William LEE
  • Publication number: 20240042152
    Abstract: A patient interface comprising a chassis portion at least partially forming a plenum chamber; a seal-forming structure; a vent to allow a continuous flow of gases exhaled by the patient from an interior of the plenum chamber to ambient, said vent being sized and shaped to maintain the therapeutic pressure in the plenum chamber in use; wherein the chassis portion comprises a membrane portion formed at least partially from a textile material and the seal-forming structure is supported on the membrane portion, and the membrane portion is constructed and arranged to be flexible to allow for relative movement between the seal-forming structure and the chassis portion in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Rupert Christian SCHEINER
  • Patent number: 11883600
    Abstract: A patient interface comprises a support structure and a seal-forming structure. The support structure is arranged to support the sealing portion and is configured to connect to the frame. The sealing portion comprises textile and is attached to the support structure along an outer perimeter of the sealing portion such that in use the sealing portion may be in tension due to reactive stress of the support structure and/or a resilient stretch characteristic of the textile such that the sealing portion exerts a force against the patient's face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Memduh Guney, Rupert Christian Scheiner
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20240024605
    Abstract: A patient interface including a seal-forming structure with a textile membrane. The textile membrane has at least one hole such that the flow of air at a therapeutic pressure is delivered to at least an entrance to the patient's nares. The seal-forming structure is constructed and arranged to maintain the therapeutic pressure in a cavity of a plenum chamber throughout the patient's respiratory cycle, in use. The textile membrane includes a first portion that is held in a relaxed state and a second portion that is held in a taut state. The taut state of the second portion is configured to allow the seal-forming structure to include a three-dimensional shape that has multiple curvatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Matthew EVES, Memduh GUNEY, Callum DE VRIES
  • Publication number: 20230414891
    Abstract: A patient interface including a seal-forming structure with a textile membrane that has at least one hole such that the flow of air at a therapeutic pressure is delivered to at least an entrance to the patient's nares and/or an entrance to the patient's mouth. The seal-forming structure is constructed and arranged to maintain the therapeutic pressure in a cavity of a plenum chamber throughout the patient's respiratory cycle, in use. The textile membrane includes a first portion that is held in a relaxed state and a second portion that is held in a taut state. The taut state of the second portion is configured to allow the seal-forming structure to include a three-dimensional shape that has multiple curvatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew EVES, Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Callum Tyler DE VRIES, Memduh GUNEY
  • Patent number: 11844887
    Abstract: A patient interface including a seal-forming structure with a textile membrane that has at least one hole such that the flow of air at a therapeutic pressure is delivered to at least an entrance to the patient's nares and/or an entrance to the patient's mouth. The seal-forming structure is constructed and arranged to maintain the therapeutic pressure in a cavity of a plenum chamber throughout the patient's respiratory cycle, in use. The textile membrane includes a first portion that is held in a relaxed state and a second portion that is held in a taut state. The taut state of the second portion is configured to allow the seal-forming structure to include a three-dimensional shape that has multiple curvatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Matthew Eves, Rupert Christian Scheiner, Callum Tyler De Vries, Memduh Guney
  • Publication number: 20230372655
    Abstract: One form of the present technology includes a sealing structure to seal against a user's face around the user's airways. The sealing structure includes a flap or membrane that extends inward towards the user's airways and includes a structure that prevents an inner boundary of the flap or membrane from being blown outwards (e.g., folded backwards upon itself) due to internal pressurization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Memduh GUNEY
  • Patent number: 11819617
    Abstract: A mask system includes a frame defining a breathing chamber, a cushion provided to the frame and adapted to form a seal with the patient's face, and a shroud provided to the frame and adapted to attach headgear. The shroud includes a retaining mechanism structured to connect the shroud to the frame. The retaining mechanism includes both a taper lock arrangement and a retaining clip arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Matthew Eves, Muditha Pradeep Dantanarayana, Errol Savio Alex D'Souza, Rupert Christian Scheiner, Stuart Norris Plascott, Jamie Graeme Wehbeh, Murray William Lee
  • Publication number: 20230355906
    Abstract: A cushion assembly for a patient interface includes an elastomeric seal-forming portion that includes a dome-shaped superior region and a saddle-shaped inferior region. The elastomeric sealing portion further includes a first support region extending from the saddle-shaped inferior region to the dome-shaped superior region, the first support region having a consistent elastomeric wall thickness that is greater than the elastomeric wall thickness of the dome-shaped superior region and the saddle-shaped inferior region. In addition, the seal-forming portion include a second support region adjacent the first support region that extends from the saddle-shaped inferior region to the dome-shaped superior region, the second support region being bounded by the first support region on a proximal side and having a distal side opposite the proximal side, the elastomeric wall thickness in the second support region increases from the distal side to the proximal side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew EVES, Lemmy NGA, Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Rupert Christian SCHEINER
  • Publication number: 20230338686
    Abstract: One form of the present technology includes a sealing structure to seal against a user's face around the user's airways. The sealing structure includes a flap or membrane that extends inward towards the user's airways and includes a structure that prevents an inner boundary of the flap or membrane from being blown outwards (e.g., folded backwards upon itself) due to internal pressurization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew EVES, Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Lemmy NGA, Gerard Michael RUMMERY
  • Publication number: 20230338690
    Abstract: A cushion assembly for a patient interface including an elastomeric seal-forming structure that is shaped to be bisected by a sagittal plane having a line that is tangent to the elastomeric seal-forming structure at a superior tangent point and at an inferior tangent point. A saddle-shaped superior region of the elastomeric seal-forming structure straddles the sagittal plane and includes the superior tangent point. The elastomeric seal-forming structure transitions in a cylinder-shaped superior region from the saddle-shaped region to a dome-shaped superior region offset from the sagittal plane. In addition, an elastomeric wall thickness of the elastomeric seal-forming structure is greater in the cylinder-shaped superior region than in the saddle-shaped superior region and the dome-shaped superior region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew EVES, Lemmy NGA, Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Rupert Christian SCHEINER
  • 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: 20230270965
    Abstract: A patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a nasal prong assembly including a pair of nasal prongs structured to sealingly communicate with nasal passages of a patient's nose in use and headgear to maintain the nasal prong assembly in a desired position on the patient's face. The headgear includes side straps and rigidizers provided to respective side straps. Each rigidizer includes a first end portion that provides a connector structured to engage a respective end of the nasal prong assembly and an inwardly curved protrusion in the form of a cheek support that curves inwardly of the connector. The cheek support is adapted to follow the contour of the patient's cheek and guide a respective end portion of the side strap into engagement with the patient's cheek to provide a stable cheek support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Memduh GUNEY, Rupert Christian SCHEINER, David Anthony PIDCOCK, Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Matthew EVES, Craig David EDWARDS, Melanie Lucia CARIOLA, Muditha Pradeep DANTANARAYANA, Michael Fu Pin CHEN, Christopher Scott SKIPPER, Karthikeyan SELVARAJAN, Steven John LUBKE, Bruce David GREGORY, Joel Edward GIBSON, Andrew David CAMERON, Philip Rodney KWOK
  • Patent number: D998139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Adam Francis Barlow, William Laurence Hitchcock, Rupert Christian Scheiner, Gerard Michael Rummery
  • Patent number: D1003430
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Christopher Samuel Cullen, Matthew Eves, Memduh Guney, Michael Charles La Guzza, Lochlan Von Moger, Rupert Christian Scheiner, Amal Shirley Amarasinghe