US 12,186,484 B2
Patient interface
Aaron Samuel Davidson, Sydney (AU); Kam Man Law, Sydney (AU); Lemmy Nga, Sydney (AU); and Rupert Christian Scheiner, Sydney (AU)
Assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd, Bella Vista (AU)
Filed by RESMED PTY LTD, Bella Vista (AU)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/855,249.
Application 17/855,249 is a continuation of application No. 17/269,928, granted, now 11,406,781, previously published as PCT/AU2019/050873, filed on Aug. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/764,992, filed on Aug. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0347416 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0616 (2014.02) [A61M 16/0666 (2013.01); A61M 16/0683 (2013.01); A61M 16/0816 (2013.01); A61M 16/0875 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2016/003 (2013.01); A61M 16/0066 (2013.01); A61M 16/16 (2013.01)] 41 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
28. A positioning and stabilising structure for holding a patient interface in a therapeutically effective position on a patient's head, the patient interface comprising a seal-forming structure and a plenum chamber, the plenum chamber further comprising a pair of plenum chamber connectors, and the positioning and stabilising structure comprising:
a tube having a pair of ends; and
a pair of clip overmolds, each of the clip overmolds being joined to the tube at a corresponding one of the ends,
wherein each of the clips is engaged with a corresponding one of the plenum chamber connectors to removably connect each of the ends to the corresponding one of the plenum chamber connectors, and
wherein the positioning and stabilising structure further comprises a lip at each of the ends, the lip being configured to seal with the corresponding one of the plenum chamber connectors when each of the ends of the positioning and stabilising structure is connected to the corresponding one of the plenum chamber connectors.