PATIENT INTERFACE

• Main Authors: MITTERMEIER, Simon, PEDERSEN, Matthew James, RICHARDSON, Thomas Mark, YOUNG, Jeremy Owen, TOMLINSON, Mark Richard, MARTIN, Campbell Neil Addison, ROSE, Hamish Joshua, PRENTICE, Craig Robert, BETTERIDGE, Max Leon, TRINIDADE, Nigel, GANTERER, Monika, LIM, Jae Yun, KAPELEVICH, Vitaly, PATEL, Roheet, SPEAR, Tony William
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 06.07.2022
• 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 respiratory mask includes a frame and a cushion module. The frame can include a front wall having a vent and/or a gas inlet opening and a collar extending away from the front wall. The collar surrounds the vent and/or the gas inlet opening. The cushion module comprises a cushion and a housing, which is made of a material more rigid than the cushion. The housing defines a connection opening. A friction coupling selectively couples the cushion module to the frame and comprises an elastomeric friction member coupled to a portion of the housing that defines the connection opening. In some arrangements, an outer surface of the friction member is exposed when the cushion module is coupled to the frame. In some arrangements, the housing extends through the peripheral surface.