US 12,296,102 B2
Medical tubes and methods of manufacture
Christopher Jaye Norman Amadio, Auckland (NZ); Elmo Benson Stoks, Auckland (NZ); Charles Christopher North, Auckland (NZ); Mahran Maumoon Sujau, Auckland (NZ); Joshua Daniel Stroobant, Cambridge (GB); Gavin Walsh Millar, Auckland (NZ); Matthew Liam Buswell, Auckland (NZ); Ibrahim AL-Tiay, Auckland (NZ); David Leon McCauley, Auckland (NZ); Andre Van Schalkwyk, Auckland (NZ); Katja Munkelt, Hermsdorf (DE); Matthew Robert Wilson, Auckland (NZ); Helgard Oosthuysen, Auckland (NZ); Sanjay Parag Patel, Auckland (NZ); Dominique Richard D'Andrea, Auckland (NZ); Grant Martin Dover, Auckland (NZ); Dean Antony Barker, Auckland (NZ); and Jonathan David Harwood, Auckland (NZ)
Assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/236,335.
Application 17/236,335 is a continuation of application No. 14/649,801, granted, now 11,058,844, previously published as PCT/NZ2013/000222, filed on Dec. 4, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/877,784, filed on Sep. 13, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/877,566, filed on Sep. 13, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/877,622, filed on Sep. 13, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/877,736, filed on Sep. 13, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/733,360, filed on Dec. 4, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/733,359, filed on Dec. 4, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353895 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
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 39/08 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); B29C 53/78 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0875 (2013.01) [A61M 39/08 (2013.01); A61M 16/0066 (2013.01); A61M 16/0666 (2013.01); A61M 16/0683 (2013.01); A61M 16/0816 (2013.01); A61M 16/1095 (2014.02); A61M 16/16 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1022 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3372 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01); B29C 53/785 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A respiratory conduit comprising:
a lumen extending along a longitudinal axis and a wall surrounding the lumen, the lumen configured to define a gas-flow path when in use; and,
a component securely connected to the wall and extending across a full width of the lumen such that the component is supported at each end by the wall surrounding the lumen, the component comprising:
a printed circuit board (PCB) with a temperature sensor provided on a surface of the PCB, a sensor portion disposed in the lumen; and
the sensor portion comprising a projecting portion wherein the projecting portion is configured to extend longitudinally upstream along the gas-flow path while the respiratory conduit is in use.