Patient interface and method for making same

• Main Authors: Amarasinghe, Amal, La Guzza, Michael Charles, Guney, Memduh, Dunn, Jessica, Wagner, Stewart, Eves, Matthew, Scheiner, Rupert, Formica, Justin John, Forrester, Martin, Cullen, Christopher Samuel, May, Frederick Arlet, Jourdan, Ralph, Goldspink, Lachlan, Von Moger, Lochlan, Skipper, Christopher, Edwards, Craig
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.08.2018
• 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; DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LIFE-SAVING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

A frame assembly for a patient interface for delivery of a supply of pressurised air or breathable gas to an entrance of a patient's nasal airways only, the frame assembly comprising: a ring member (10353); lower arms extending from lower arm connection points radially positioned on the ring member (10330); a joining member extending posteriorly from the ring member at an upper position on the ring member (10316); and upper arms extending from an upper arm connection point at a distal end of the joining member such that the lower arm connection points are in a position anterior from the upper arm connection point, the upper arms adapted to extend over the cheeks of the patient in use (10320); and wherein a center of rotation or pivot point of the frame assembly is provided at a lower side of the frame assembly (PP).