Patent ID: 6837260
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: A61M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pressure support system comprising: a first housing member having a first plurality of cavities defined therein; a second housing member having a second plurality of cavities defined therein, wherein the first and the second plurality of cavities have complimentary configurations such that a cavity from the first plurality of cavities mates with a corresponding cavity from the second plurality of cavities to define a first chamber, a second chamber, and a first conduit responsive to the first and the second housing members being in an assembled relation, and wherein the first conduit operatively connects the first chamber and the second chamber in fluid communication; a pressure generating element disposed in the first chamber and adapted to generate a flow of breathing gas; a valve disposed in the second chamber and adapted to control a pressure or a flow of breathing gas output from the pressure generating system, wherein the first conduit connects the pressure generating element and the valve in fluid communication; and a fastening system that secures the first and second housing members in the assembled relation to secure the pressure generating system and the valve within the first and second chambers respectively.