US 12,220,534 B2
Breathing assistance apparatus and/or components thereof
Andre Van Schalkwyk, Auckland (NZ); Rachel Adeline Miller, Auckland (NZ); Stephen William Kavermann, Auckland (NZ); Ella Marie Meisel, Auckland (NZ); Alexander Edwin Mackenzie, Auckland (NZ); Oliver Michael Clarke, Auckland (NZ); Philip John Dickinson, Auckland (NZ); Samuel Carey Mathew Sanson, Auckland (NZ); and Hayk Noobar Antranik Yaghobian, Auckland (NZ)
Assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Appl. No. 17/309,192
Filed by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
PCT Filed Nov. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/059463
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/095186, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/925,971, filed on Oct. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/890,866, filed on Aug. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/755,936, filed on Nov. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0023576 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 16/08 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01); A61M 16/16 (2006.01); A61M 16/20 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0816 (2013.01) [A61M 16/021 (2017.08); A61M 16/0666 (2013.01); A61M 16/105 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A breathing assistance apparatus comprising:
a housing comprising an engagement feature;
an electrical component in the housing, the electrical component comprising a receptacle;
a removable component configured as an elbow comprising:
a gas inlet port extending along a first axis,
a gas outlet port extending along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis,
an electrical connector extending from the elbow and configured to be a close or tight fit in the receptacle of the electrical component to assist with holding the removable component in connection with the electrical component,
a tab with a terminal end portion that can be flexed relative to the rest of the removable component, the tab extending from the elbow in a direction that is parallel to the first axis, wherein the tab and the electrical connector are positioned on opposite sides of the second axis and extend in opposite directions from the elbow,
wherein an engagement feature is provided on the terminal end portion of the tab and is configured to engage with the engagement feature of the housing such that the removable component is inhibited from disconnecting from the housing in the absence of actuating the terminal end portion of the removable component to flex the tab.