Respiratory pressure therapy device

• Main Authors: Tang, Zhuo Ran, Edwards, Christopher Scott, Kapadia, Jeegarkumar, Sparrow, Robert John, Kenyon, Barton John, Moir, Michael Bruce, Shadie, Timothy Nicholas, Cariola, Melanie
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.11.2023
• 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

Apparatus for generating a supply of air at positive pressure for the amelioration or treatment of a respiratory disorder, comprising: a first chamber; a second chamber; a plurality of inlet tubes structured and configured to allow ambient air to enter the first chamber; a plurality of flow tubes structured and configured to allow air to pass from the first chamber to the second chamber; a blower structured and configured to produce a flow of air at positive pressure, wherein the blower is positioned in the first chamber and structured and configured to receive air from the second chamber; an inlet end suspension to support the blower adjacent a blower inlet of the blower; and an outlet end suspension to support the blower adjacent a blower outlet of the blower, wherein the first chamber, the second chamber, the inlet tubes, the flow tubes, and the blower are arranged to form an air flow path extending from an inlet to the blower inlet of the blower and from the blower outlet of the blower to an outlet, wherein the air flow path includes a general U-shape from the inlet to the outlet.