US 12,029,855 B2
Tracheostomy guard
Stephen William Kavermann, Auckland (NZ); Andrew Chi Lup Lau, Auckland (NZ); and Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Auckland (NZ)
Assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/061,470.
Application 17/061,470 is a continuation of application No. 15/217,569, filed on Jul. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,828,445.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/329,638, filed on Apr. 29, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/196,661, filed on Jul. 24, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0016037 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 16/04 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0465 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0463 (2013.01); A61M 16/0488 (2013.01); A61M 16/0816 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tracheostomy guard for a patient interface comprising:
a body with a first end with an opening and a second closed end, and
a slot configured to engage the patient interface, the slot extending through an exterior surface of the body;
wherein the first end opening is biased into a first configuration, and on application of a force the first end opening is configured to be manipulated into a second configuration, and
wherein, in the second configuration, the first end opening is shaped to facilitate coupling a port of a patient interface, and once coupled and after release of the force, the first end opening biases into or at least towards the first configuration which is shaped to retain the tracheostomy guard on the patient interface,
wherein in the first configuration, the first end opening is elongated.