Patent ID: 9056177
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A respiratory interface device, comprising: a first substantially rigid element; a second substantially rigid element that is discrete from the first substantially rigid element; a third substantially rigid element; a fourth substantially rigid element that is discrete from the third substantially rigid element; a first flexible connecting member of a substantially impervious material that is substantially more flexible than the first and second substantially rigid elements extending between the first substantially rigid element and the second substantially rigid element to at least partially connect the first substantially rigid element to the second substantially rigid element, and to enable the first substantially rigid element and the second substantially rigid element to flex relative to one another; a second flexible connecting member; and a third flexible connecting member, wherein the second flexible connecting member extends between the first substantially rigid element and the third substantially rigid element and permits the first substantially rigid element and the third substantially rigid element to flex relative to one another, wherein the third flexible connecting member extends between the second substantially rigid element and the fourth substantially rigid element and permits the second substantially rigid element and the fourth substantially rigid element to flex relative to one another, wherein the first connecting member also extends between the third substantially rigid element and the fourth substantially rigid element and permits the third substantially rigid element and the fourth substantially rigid element to flex relative to one another, wherein the first and third substantially rigid elements are structured to be suitable for placing over and covering a nasal region of a user, and wherein the second and fourth substantially rigid elements are structured to be suitable for placing over and covering an oral region of a user when the respiratory interface device is used by the user.