US 11,850,360 B2
Respiratory pressure therapy device
Melanie Lucia Cariola, Sydney (AU); Christopher Scott Edwards, Canoga Park, CA (US); Jeegarkumar Kapadia, Sydney (AU); Barton John Kenyon, Sydney (AU); Michael Bruce Moir, Newbury Park, CA (US); Timothy Nicholas Shadie, Sydney (AU); Robert John Sparrow, Sydney (AU); and Zhuo Ran Tang, Sydney (AU)
Assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd, Bella Vista (AU)
Filed by ResMed Pty Ltd, Bella Vista (AU)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/027,831.
Application 17/027,831 is a continuation of application No. 15/741,572, granted, now 10,814,083, previously published as PCT/IB2016/051434, filed on Mar. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/189,483, filed on Jul. 7, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0001070 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/16 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0066 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0003 (2014.02); A61M 16/024 (2017.08); A61M 16/161 (2014.02); A61M 16/06 (2013.01); A61M 16/0666 (2013.01); A61M 16/105 (2013.01); A61M 2016/003 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0033 (2013.01); A61M 2205/127 (2013.01); A61M 2205/15 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3317 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3365 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01); A61M 2205/42 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus for generating a supply of air at positive pressure for the amelioration or treatment of a respiratory disorder, comprising:
a first chamber;
a second chamber;
a plurality of inlet tubes structured and configured to allow ambient air to enter the first chamber;
a plurality of flow tubes structured and configured to allow air to pass from the first chamber to the second chamber;
a blower structured and configured to produce a flow of air at positive pressure, the blower including a blower inlet and a blower outlet,
wherein the blower is positioned in the first chamber and structured and configured to receive air from the second chamber;
an inlet end suspension to support the blower adjacent the blower inlet of the blower;
an outlet end suspension to support the blower adjacent the blower outlet of the blower; and
a housing including a housing inlet and a housing outlet,
wherein the first chamber, the second chamber, the inlet tubes, the flow tubes, and the blower are arranged to form an air flow path extending from the housing inlet to the blower inlet of the blower and from the blower outlet of the blower to the housing outlet, wherein the air flow path includes a general U-shape extending from the housing inlet to the housing outlet, and
wherein the housing inlet and the housing outlet are provided to a common side of the apparatus.