Abstract: Disclosed is a mask bead for a patient interface that comprises a contact area, a nose bridge area having a width (B1), side areas, a base area, and a bearing area on a patient. The bearing area extends from the side areas, the base area and the nose bridge area to a central opening is being designed as a sealing lip which frames the central opening. The mask bead further has a maximum width (B2), the ratio B1 to B2 being one to three or greater.
Abstract: An elbow assembly for a mask system includes an elbow including a slot and a port, an anti-asphyxia valve adapted to be received within the slot and including a flap portion adapted to selectively close the port depending on the presence of pressurized gas, and a support member to secure the anti-asphyxia valve to the elbow. The support member includes a slot that is adapted to interlock with a protrusion provided to the anti-asphyxia valve.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 25, 2013
Date of Patent:
May 29, 2018
Assignee:
ResMed Limited
Inventors:
Karthikeyan Selvarajan, Christopher Scott Skipper, Joshua Adam Gudiksen, Steven John Lubke, Alison Oldenburg, Murray William Lee
Inventors:
Craig Robert Prentice, Bernard Tsz Lun Ip, Richard Boyes, Thomas Mark Richardson, Gareth McDermott, Jonathan Mark Downey, Matthew Roger Stephenson
Inventors:
Craig Robert Prentice, Bernard Tsz Lun Ip, Mark Arvind McLaren, Kyle Gregory Brown, Chris Onin Limpin Hipolito, Mark Richard Tomlinson, Melissa Catherine Bornholdt