PAP SYSTEM

• Main Authors: DESVOYES, CLEMENTINE, HOLLEY, LIAM, HARRIS, CRAIG, EDWARD, MAY, FREDERICK, ARLET, MURA, MARCO, DAVIDSON, AARON, SAMUEL, FU, TIMOTHY, TSUN-FAI, KWOK, PHILIP, RODNEY, MARTIN, DION, CHARLES, CHEWE, DOUDKINE, DMITRI, ANATOLIEVICH, DOCKAR, GREGORY, PHILLIP, HENRY, ROBERT, EDWARD, HUBY, RONALD, JAMES, MOIR, MICHAEL, BRUCE, BARLOW, ADAM, CREUSOT, DAVID, HUNTER, BENJAMIN, JOHN, FORMICA, JUSTIN, JOHN, KENYON, BARTON, JOHN, CHALVIGNAC, PHILIPPE, AUGUSTE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.07.2012
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

The present invention discloses a system adapted for treatment of respiratory disease or sleep disordered breathing, the system comprising:a patient interface (10) adapted to be secured to and sealed against a portion of a patient's face, in use; anda flow generator adapted to be connected to the patient interface, and adapted to be secured by a portion of the patient's body, wherein the flow generator comprises a blower (50) and a housing enclosing the blower,wherein the blower is suspended from a top case of the housing, wherein the blower is adapted to provide pressurised breathable gas to a patient through the patient interface, wherein the blower is adapted to be at least partially vibrationally isolated from the patient's body by at least one dampening means being adapted to reduce the amount of transmitted vibration received by the patient, and wherein the flow generator is configured to function at multiple axes of orientation in use.