Breathing assistance apparatuses and/or components thereof and/or uses thereof

• Main Authors: James Alexander Michael Revie, Kevin Peter O'Donnell, Charles Grady Cantrell, Robert Stuart Kirton, Christopher Harding Campbell, Benjamin Wilson Casse, Hamish Chan, David Martin Russell, Anton Kim Gulley
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.09.2024
• 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; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; SURGERY

A breathing assistance apparatus 10 comprising: a flow generator 11; a breathing conduit 16 that conveys the breathable gas to a patient via a patient interface 17; a user I/O interface 14; and a controller 13 to control the flow generator 11 and humidifier 12, wherein the controller is configured to present a health enquiry comprising one or more queries related to a patient or COPD condition. The health enquiries may be selected from a list of queries and presented on the I/O interface for a user to answer via various user input elements displayed on the I/O interface. The enquiry may be presented during an apparatus warm up and/or drying process or presented at a specific time of the day, wherein the time of day is dynamic, and changes based on a time or date tracked by the controller 13. This disclosure enables displaying of an intuitive and engaging enquiry on a touchscreen of a breathing assistance apparatus that a patient is already using at home.