US 11,850,365 B2
Strap assembly, strap connector, headgear, headgear assembly, method of forming headgear, tubular connector, patient interface and method of joining straps
Paul Mathew Freestone, Auckland (NZ); Janine Elizabeth Collins, Auckland (NZ); Ryan Anthony Graham, Auckland (NZ); Vitaly Kapelevich, Auckland (NZ); Melissa Catherine Bornholdt, Auckland (NZ); Sophie Kathryn Randles, Auckland (NZ); Silas Sao Jin Siew, Auckland (NZ); Steve Thomas, Auckland (NZ); Ronan Leahy, Auckland (NZ); Max Leon Betteridge, Auckland (NZ); Callum Ross Gordon, Auckland (NZ); Vicky Dan Gao, Auckland (NZ); and Cameron Robert Willis, Auckland (NZ)
Assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/646,983.
Application 17/646,983 is a continuation of application No. 16/085,304, granted, now 11,253,668, previously published as PCT/IB2017/051373, filed on Mar. 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,915, filed on Mar. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/401,462, filed on Sep. 29, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/364,767, filed on Jul. 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/327,942, filed on Apr. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/323,459, filed on Apr. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/323,489, filed on Apr. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/309,400, filed on Mar. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126050 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 16/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0694 (2014.02) [A61M 2205/0216 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0618 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for forming at least a portion of a headgear within a moulding tool, comprising:
placing a first tubular textile casing into a cavity of a first moulding tool;
positioning a portion of the first tubular textile casing in contact with an adjacent cavity having a shape of a connector portion;
introducing molten plastic material into the first moulding tool and into the first tubular textile casing;
pushing the molten plastic material into the adjacent cavity through the first tubular textile casing; and
allowing the molten plastic material to solidify within the first tubular textile casing to form a first strap portion having an inner core and a connector portion formed from unitary plastic material.