LIQUID REMOVAL IN A PATIENT INTERFACE ASSEMBLY

• Main Authors: HAIBACH, Richard Thomas, HLOPICK, Stephen George, HIEBER, Robert Earl
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 21.03.2018
• 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

A patient interface device is for a pressure support system that includes a flow generator that produces a flow of breathing gas to be delivered to an airway of a patient. The patient interface device includes a sealing element to engage a face of the patient and receive the flow of breathing gas; a...