BREATHING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS

• Main Authors: SOMERVELL, Andrew Robert Donald, PEIRIS, Malik Tivanka Rajiv
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 15.05.2024
• 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

Breathing assistance apparatus comprising: a gases supply unit, adapted to, in use, deliver a stream of pressurised gases, and including an outlet for supplying, in use the pressurised gases stream to a supply path including a flexible self-supporting gases transportation pathway and a patient interface; and a control system associated with the gases supply unit adapted to receive data of at least one information parameter from at least one sensor, said at least one information parameter being a parameter of a flow of gases, said control system containing reference data, said control system configured to: compare said received data to said reference data, and based on said comparison determinine said supply path; adjust an operating parameter based on the determined supply path, the operating parameter including one of a selection of operating modes, one operating mode suitable for open CPAP patient interfaces, and another operating mode suitable for closed CPAP interfaces, calculate treatment efficacy and/or adherence in each of said operating modes; and based on the comparison, further determine if a patient has not properly connected a patient interface of said supply path, or has connected the patient interface, but is not yet wearing the patient interface.