US 11,992,622 B2
Usability features for respiratory humidification system
Sally Margaret Hensman, Auckland (NZ); David Robert Kemps, Auckland (NZ); Simon Mordechai Stam, Auckland (NZ); Jason Allan Klenner, Auckland (NZ); Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Auckland (NZ); Mark Samuel Hamilton, Auckland (NZ); James William Stanton, Auckland (NZ); Michael John Andresen, Auckland (NZ); Jonathan Andrew George Lambert, Auckland (NZ); and Nicholas Edward Vaughan, Auckland (NZ)
Assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed by FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LIMITED, Auckland (AU)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/891,770.
Application 16/891,770 is a continuation of application No. 15/310,407, granted, now 10,709,866, previously published as PCT/NZ2015/050054, filed on May 13, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/127,443, filed on Mar. 3, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/032,208, filed on Aug. 1, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/992,442, filed on May 13, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0289783 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 16/16 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/16 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0069 (2014.02); A61M 16/021 (2017.08); A61M 16/0875 (2013.01); A61M 16/0883 (2014.02); A61M 16/0891 (2014.02); A61M 16/109 (2014.02); A61M 16/1095 (2014.02); A61M 2016/0039 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3379 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/584 (2013.01); A61M 2209/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A humidification chamber for a humidification apparatus, the humidification chamber configured to hold a volume of liquid and comprising:
at least one side wall;
a top wall connected to the at least one side wall;
a base surface connected to the at least one side wall;
a cavity at least partially defined by the at least one side wall and the top wall;
an inlet port defining a passage into the cavity of the humidification chamber;
an outlet port defining a passage out of the cavity of the humidification chamber;
a handle extending outward from the at least one side wall and forming a gap between the handle and the at least one side wall, the handle configured to allow a user to grasp the humidification chamber during installation or removal of the humidification chamber with respect to the humidification apparatus, the handle being C-shaped when viewed from above; and
a shelf extending between a portion of the handle and the at least one side wall.