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Brevet US9272116 - Apparatus for humidifying a respiratory gas - Google Brevets
A humidifier assembly for a CPAP apparatus includes a liquid storage container configured to hold a body of liquid. The liquid storage container includes a humidifying region above a metallic heat conducting material, the humidifying region being a region inside the liquid storage container in which...http://www.google.fr/patents/US9272116?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US9272116 - Apparatus for humidifying a respiratory gas
Numéro de publication US9272116 B2
Numéro de demande US 14/791,775
Date de priorité 5 août 1999
Autre référence de publication DE10082260D2, DE20022730U1, DE50013613D1, EP1210139A2, EP1210139B1, EP1669098A2, EP1669098A3, EP2308539A2, EP2308539A3, EP2308539B1, EP2345449A2, EP2345449A3, US7096864, US7938112, US8469025, US9302067, US9545493, US9545494, US9555211, US20060191531, US20110073109, US20130269696, US20150306337, US20150306338, US20160095999, US20160158482, US20170087328, WO2001010489A2, WO2001010489A3
Numéro de publication 14791775, 791775, US 9272116 B2, US 9272116B2, US-B2-9272116, US9272116 B2, US9272116B2
Inventeurs Wolfgang Mayer, Harald Genger, Stefan Madaus, Andreas Klopp, Stefan Schatzl, Harald Wolfgang Vögele, Bernd Christoph Lang
Cessionnaire d'origine Resmed R&D Germany Gmbh
Citations de brevets (346), Citations hors brevets (141), Classifications (19), Événements juridiques (1)
Apparatus for humidifying a respiratory gas
US 9272116 B2
A humidifier assembly for a CPAP apparatus includes a liquid storage container configured to hold a body of liquid. The liquid storage container includes a humidifying region above a metallic heat conducting material, the humidifying region being a region inside the liquid storage container in which the liquid is evaporated into pressurized respiratory gas generated in the CPAP apparatus. The CPAP apparatus also includes a base unit configured to a) receive the liquid storage container and b) securely and releasably connect to a CPAP unit of the CPAP apparatus, the base unit having a bottom portion to support the liquid storage container thereon, the bottom portion including a heating element configured to contact the heat conducting material of the liquid storage container when the liquid storage container is supported on the base unit. When the liquid storage container is received by the base unit, the liquid storage container and the base unit together define an airflow path through the humidifier assembly, an inlet of the airflow path being upstream of the liquid storage container and an outlet of the airflow path being downstream of the liquid storage container.
1. A CPAP apparatus comprising:
a CPAP unit with a blower configured to pressurize respiratory gas, the CPAP unit comprising a first respiratory gas connecting member;
a liquid storage container configured to hold a body of liquid, the liquid storage container comprising a humidifying region above a metallic heat conducting material, the humidifying region being a region inside the liquid storage container in which the liquid is evaporated into the pressurized respiratory gas generated by the blower;
a humidifier base unit comprising a second respiratory gas connecting member that is at the same vertical heightwise level as the first respiratory gas connecting member when the CPAP unit and the humidifier base unit are on the same surface, the first respiratory gas connecting member and the second respiratory gas connecting member being configured to directly engage each other and pneumatically connect the humidifier base unit to the CPAP unit, the humidifier base unit being configured to receive the liquid storage container, the humidifier base unit having a bottom portion to support the liquid storage container thereon, the bottom portion including a heating element configured to contact the heat conducting material of the liquid storage container when the liquid storage container is supported on the humidifier base unit; and
a securing device configured to rigidly secure the humidifier base unit to the CPAP unit when the first respiratory gas connecting member and the second respiratory gas connecting member are moved completely into a joined position,
wherein when the liquid storage container is received by the humidifier base unit, the liquid storage container and the humidifier base unit together define an airflow path, an inlet of the airflow path being upstream of the liquid storage container and an outlet of the airflow path being downstream of the liquid storage container.
2. The CPAP apparatus of claim 1, wherein the liquid storage container is configured to be removed from the base unit without removing the humidifier base unit from the CPAP unit.
3. The CPAP apparatus of claim 1, wherein the inlet and the outlet of the airflow path are separate from the liquid storage container, and the outlet of the airflow path includes a connector to connect to an air delivery tube.
4. The CPAP apparatus of claim 1, wherein the inlet and the outlet of the airflow path are defined by the humidifier base unit.
5. The CPAP apparatus of claim 1, wherein a portion of the humidifier base unit intervenes between the inlet of the airflow path and the liquid storage container.
6. The CPAP apparatus of claim 1, wherein a portion of the humidifier base unit intervenes between the outlet of the airflow path and the liquid storage container.
7. The CPAP apparatus of claim 1, wherein the liquid storage container is configured to be removed from the humidifier base unit without removing the humidifier base unit from the CPAP unit,
the inlet and the outlet of the airflow path are separate from the liquid storage container,
the outlet of the airflow path includes a connector to connect with an air delivery tube,
the inlet and the outlet of the airflow path are defined by the humidifier base unit,
a first portion of the humidifier base unit intervenes between the inlet of the airflow path and the liquid storage container, and
a second portion of the humidifier base unit intervenes between the outlet of the airflow path and the liquid storage container.
8. The CPAP apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
an air delivery tube configured to connect to the humidifier base unit.
9. The CPAP apparatus of claim 8, wherein the humidifier base unit is configured to directly dock with the CPAP unit by moving the humidifier base unit laterally toward the CPAP unit.
10. The CPAP apparatus of claim 9, wherein the outlet of the airflow path defined by the humidifier base unit and the liquid storage container is configured to connect to the air delivery tube, and the humidifier base unit and the liquid storage container are configured so that the outlet remains connected to the air delivery tube when the liquid storage container is removed from the humidifier base unit.
11. A CPAP apparatus comprising:
a CPAP unit comprising a) a blower configured to pressurize respiratory gas and b) a respiratory gas connecting device;
a liquid storage container configured to hold a body of liquid, the liquid storage container comprising a humidifying region above a metallic heat conducting material, the humidifying region being a region inside the liquid storage container in which the liquid is evaporated into the pressurized respiratory gas generated in the blower;
a humidifier base unit comprising a respiratory gas connecting device having a complimentary configuration to the respiratory gas connecting device of the CPAP unit and being at the same vertical heightwise level as the respiratory gas connecting device of the CPAP unit when the humidifier base unit and the CPAP unit are on the same surface, the humidifier base unit being configured to receive the liquid storage container and, the humidifier base unit having a bottom portion to support the liquid storage container thereon, the bottom portion including a heating element configured to contact the heat conducting material of the liquid storage container when the liquid storage container is supported on the humidifier base unit;
a securing device configured to rigidly secure the humidifier base unit to the CPAP unit when the respiratory gas connecting device of the humidifier base unit and the respiratory gas connecting device of the CPAP unit are moved completely into a joined position; and
an airflow path defined by the liquid storage container and the humidifier base unit, the airflow path having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet and the outlet being configured to remain with the humidifier base unit when the liquid storage container is removed from the humidifier base unit.
12. The CPAP apparatus of claim 11, wherein the inlet and the outlet of the airflow path are separate from the liquid storage container and the outlet of the airflow path includes a connector to connect to an air delivery tube.
13. The CPAP apparatus of claim 11, wherein the inlet and the outlet of the airflow path are defined by the humidifier base unit.
14. The CPAP apparatus of claim 11, wherein a portion of the humidifier base unit intervenes between the inlet of the airflow path and the liquid storage container.
15. The CPAP apparatus of claim 11, wherein a portion of the humidifier base unit intervenes between the outlet of the airflow path and the liquid storage container.
16. The CPAP apparatus of claim 11, wherein the liquid storage container is configured to be removed from the humidifier base unit without removing the humidifier base unit from the CPAP unit,
17. The CPAP apparatus of claim 11 further comprising:
18. The CPAP apparatus of claim 17, wherein the humidifier base unit is configured to directly dock with the CPAP unit by moving the humidifier base unit laterally toward the CPAP unit.
19. The CPAP apparatus of claim 18, wherein the outlet of the airflow path defined by the humidifier base unit and the liquid storage container is configured to connect to the air delivery tube, and the humidifier base unit and the liquid storage container are configured so that the outlet remains connected to the air delivery tube when the liquid storage container is removed from the humidifier base unit.
20. A CPAP apparatus comprising:
a CPAP unit comprising a) a blower configured to pressurize respiratory gas and b) an air outlet fluidly connected to an output of the blower;
a base unit defining an air inlet and an air outlet, the base unit air inlet being at the same vertical heightwise level as the air outlet of the CPAP unit when the CPAP unit and the base unit are on the same surface, the base unit air inlet being configured to be directly connected to the air outlet of the CPAP unit, the base unit air outlet being configured to connect to an air delivery tube, the base unit comprising a bottom portion with a heating element; and
a liquid storage container configured to a) hold a body of liquid, b) be supported on the bottom portion of the base unit and c) fluidly connect the base unit air inlet and the base unit air outlet when supported on the bottom portion of the base unit and secured to the base unit, the liquid storage container comprising a humidifying region above a metallic heat conducting material, the humidifying region being a region inside the liquid storage container in which the liquid is evaporated into the pressurized respiratory gas generated by the blower.
21. The CPAP apparatus of claim 20, wherein the liquid storage container is removable from the base unit.
22. The CPAP apparatus of claim 21, wherein the liquid storage container is configured to be removed from the base unit without removing the base unit from the CPAP unit.
23. The CPAP apparatus of claim 20, wherein the base unit air outlet includes a connector to connect to an air delivery tube.
24. The CPAP apparatus of claim 20, wherein the liquid storage container comprises an air inlet configured to automatically align with the base unit air inlet when the liquid storage container is received by the base unit and comprises an air outlet configured to automatically align with the base unit air outlet when the liquid storage container is received by the base unit.
25. The CPAP apparatus of claim 20, wherein the base unit comprises a first electrical connector and the CPAP unit comprises a second electrical connector configured to connect to the first electrical connector.
26. The CPAP apparatus of claim 25, wherein the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector are at the same vertical heightwise level when the CPAP unit and the base unit are on the same surface.
27. The CPAP apparatus of claim 20, wherein the heat conducting material is configured to thermally engage the heating element of the base unit when the liquid storage container is supported on the bottom portion of the heating element.
28. The CPAP apparatus of claim 20, wherein the liquid storage container is configured to be removed from the base unit without removing the base unit from the CPAP unit,
the base unit air outlet includes a connector to connect to an air delivery tube,
the base unit comprises a first electrical connector and the CPAP unit comprises a second electrical connector configured to connect to the first electrical connector,
the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector are at the same vertical heightwise level when the CPAP unit and the base unit are on the same surface,
the heat conducting material is configured to thermally engage the heating element of the base unit when the liquid storage container is supported on the bottom portion of the heating element.
29. The CPAP apparatus of claim 20 further comprising:
the air delivery tube configured to connect to the base unit.
30. The CPAP apparatus of claim 29, wherein the base unit is configured to directly dock with the CPAP unit by moving the base unit laterally toward the CPAP unit.
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/916,930, filed Jun. 13, 2013, now pending, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 12/958,718, filed Dec. 2, 2010, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,469,025, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/414,432, filed May 1, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,938,112, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/048,786, filed Aug. 6, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,096,864, which is the National Phase of International Application PCT/EP00/07602, filed Aug. 4, 2000, which designated the U.S. and claims priority to German Application No. 199 36 499.0, filed Aug. 5, 1999, German Application No. 199 49 292.1, filed Oct. 13, 1999, German Application No. 199 49 283.2, filed Oct. 13, 1999 and German Application No. 299 18 048.4, filed Oct. 13, 1999, respectively, the entire contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
Under the impulsion of that problem, the object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for supplying a respiratory gas and a humidifying apparatus which is provided for same, which is robust and simple to handle and which can be configured in an easy fashion according to respective requirements involved.
In accordance with a particular aspect of the present invention the connecting, structural component is provided with a plate portion, wherein the respiratory gas conduction device passes through the plate portion. That plate portion preferably forms a labyrinth cover means coated with a sound-insulating soft material. That soft material advantageously acts at the same time as a sealing means between adjacent portions of the labyrinth.
FIG. 4 is a simplified view in section taken perpendicular to the section line A-A in FIG. 3,
FIGS. 11 a, 11 b, 11 c show three different compatible connecting options.
As can be clearly seen from FIG. 2 the connecting device 9 on the CPAP-unit 1 is of a complementary configuration to the connecting device 21 on the humidifying apparatus 2. As indicated by the arrows 22 the two connecting devices 9 and 21 can be moved into the joined position in relation to each other. Particularly effective pre-positioning of the connecting members, in particular the respiratory gas connecting portion 10 and the corresponding counterpart portion 23, is achieved in this embodiment by the counterpart portion 23 also being centered by the inside wall 24 of the opening 13. The respiratory gas connecting portion 10 and the counterpart portion 23 on the humidifying apparatus 2 are disposed at exactly the same vertical heightwise level. Provided on the output side of the humidifying apparatus is a connecting structure which in terms of its essential dimensions corresponds to the connecting structure provided on the CPAP-unit. The respiration tube connecting plug 25 illustrated here can thus be coupled if required directly to the CPAP-unit 1 or to the humidifying apparatus 2. By virtue of a pressure-measuring connecting conduit which is indicated into the humidifying apparatus, a communication is afforded between the pressure-measuring tube 26 and the pressure-measuring tube connecting portion 11, when the respiration tube connecting plug 25 is connected to the humidifying apparatus 2. The CPAP-apparatus arrangement described hereinbefore with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 can be used as described in the following example of use.
For that purpose, as indicated in FIG. 1, the humidifying apparatus according to the invention is also set up on the table top and is fitted on to the CPAP-unit in a joining direction which is parallel to the surface of the table and substantially perpendicular to the front end face of the CPAP-unit 1. When that is done, the connecting devices 9 and 21 which are provided on the CPAP-unit 1 and the humidifying apparatus 2 come together in the joining position. In addition, a voltage supply to a heating device provided on the humidifying apparatus 1 is also afforded by way of an electrical connecting device 12 which is only shown in FIG. 1. As soon as the two connecting devices 9, 21 have moved completely into the joined position, the two modules are fixed in that joined position by a latching device (not shown) so that the humidifying apparatus 2 is reliably coupled to the CPAP-unit. The respiratory gas tube which is originally connected directly to the CPAP-unit 1 and which has an integrated pressure-measuring conduit can be connected directly to the humidifying apparatus by way of the respiratory gas connecting plug identified by reference numeral 25 in FIG. 2. That also affords a corresponding coupling between the pressure-measuring tube 26 and the pressure-measuring tube connecting portion 11 provided on the CPAP-unit 1.
The view in FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal section through an apparatus for humidifying a respiratory gas (referred to hereinafter as the humidifying apparatus), in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention. Here, the illustrated embodiment of the humidifying apparatus includes a refilling unit 203 which is formed from a trough element 201 and a cup portion 202 coupled thereto and which can be easily removed from a support or installation housing 204 which here is of a multi-part nature.
Formed in the cup portion 202, in conjunction with the separating wall 205, is a liquid storage space 210 in which initially the predominant part of the liquid provided for humidifying the respiratory gas is stored. Formed in the trough element 201 arranged beneath the cup portion 202 is a separate humidifying region in which only a partial amount of the humidifying liquid is accommodated. The level a of the liquid accommodated in the trough element 201 is maintained at a predetermined filling height by way of a quantitative control device. In the course of gradual consumption of the fluid in the trough element 201, fluid is supplied as a make-up flow successively or continuously from the liquid storage space 210. A preferred embodiment of a quantitative control device which is provided for that purpose will be described in detail hereinafter with reference to FIG. 3.
In the region adjacent to the respiratory gas feed opening 211 the support housing 204 is provided with a connecting portion 216 which, in the embodiment illustrated here, can be fitted directly on to a connecting portion of a CPAP-unit, which is of a correspondingly complementary configuration. Provided in the immediate proximity of the connecting portion 216 is a further connecting portion 217 which can be coupled to a pressure-detecting connection provided on a CPAP-unit. The connecting portion 217 forms part of a conduit system which ultimately communicates with the pressure-measuring connecting portion 218 provided on an opposite side of the humidifying apparatus. In particular a pressure-measuring tube can be connected to that pressure-measuring connection 218 for detecting the pressure in the region of the respiration hose, a gas change valve or possibly also directly in the mask region.
Beneath the pressure-measuring connecting portion 218 the support housing 204 is provided with a respiration tube connecting portion 219. The tube connecting members formed at the outlet side on the humidifying apparatus are identical to that of a CPAP-unit, in such a way that corresponding connecting tubes or hoses can be optionally connected either directly to the CPAP-unit or if necessary, when using the humidifying apparatus, only to the outlet side of the humidifying apparatus 2. Provided beneath the connecting portion identified by reference numeral 216 is a plug connecting device (not shown here) by way of which it is possible to make an electrical connection between the heating device 214 and a voltage supply device provided on the CPAP-unit. Optionally it is also possible for electrical signals, for example pressure-measuring signals, to be transmitted by way of that plug connecting device.
A preferred embodiment of a quantitative control device for quantitative metering of the amount of fluid in the trough element 201 will be described hereinafter with reference to FIG. 4. The liquid storage space 210 and the humidifying region formed in the trough element 201 are separated from each other by way of the separating wall 205. The fluid stored in the liquid storage space 210 can be passed if required into the humidifying region by way of a fluid conduit device 221. In this case control of the make-up flow of fluid is implemented by control of the make-up introduction of air into the liquid storage space. In the embodiment illustrated here regulation of the make-up introduction of air is effected by way of a quantitative control conduit device 222 which, similarly to the above-mentioned fluid conduit device 221, passes vertically through the separating wall 205. The quantitative control conduit device 222 has a first mouth opening 223 and a second mouth opening 224. The first mouth opening 223 is arranged at the height of the desired or reference level a. As long as the first mouth opening 223 is closed by the fluid in the trough element 201, no make-up flow of air can pass into the liquid storage space 210 so that in turn no fluid can flow away out of the liquid storage space 210 by way of the fluid conduit device 221. As soon as the level a falls below the level of the first mouth opening, a make-up flow of air can pass into the liquid storage space, whereby in turn fluid can pass out of the liquid storage space 210 into the trough element 201 or the separate humidifying region formed therein. The fluid conduit device 221 has a discharge mouth opening 225 which is somewhat below the reference level identified here by the letters a.
The CPAP-unit shown in FIG. 6 a has a substantially cuboidal housing, in the upper region of which is provided a gripping arrangement 330, by way of which the CPAP-unit can be gripped in an ergonomically advantageous manner. Provided in a front end region are connecting members 331, for the connection of at least one respiration tube or hose.
The illustrated embodiment has a respiration hose connecting projection 332 and a pressure-measuring tube connecting projection 333. The arrangement of those connecting members substantially corresponds to the arrangement of the connecting members 216 and 217 described with reference to FIG. 3. The connecting members 231 are further of such a configuration that the connecting members 216, 217 on the humidifying apparatus (FIG. 3) can be directly fitted on or fitted in. Also provided in the bottom region of the CPAP-unit are engagement structures which can be brought into engagement with engagement portions of a complementary configuration, on the humidifying apparatus. The connecting members 331 are here arranged in recessed relationship in such a way that they do not project beyond an outside surface and in particular a front surface of the housing.
An additional tube—here a pressure-measuring tube 308—is guided in the interior of the respiration tube 301. The pressure-measuring tube 308 opens into the coupling portion 305 by way of a passage duct 309 formed in the base body 303. The pressure-measuring tube 308 is secured by adhesive or vulcanisation in the base body 303. The passage duct 309 is of such a configuration that the pressure-measuring tube 308 is only slightly curved. The angle α between the longitudinal center line of the coupling portion 304 and the longitudinal center line of the passage duct 309 is preferably less than 35°.
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70 Office Action and English for corresponding Japanese Application No. 2006-515549, mailed Mar. 15, 2011, 4 pages.
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83 Office Action issued on Aug. 7, 2012 in corresponding Japanese Application No. 2010-153008 (with translation).
84 Office Action issued on Jan. 22, 2013 in corresponding Japanese Application No. 2011-201622.
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87 Office Action issued on Oct. 4, 2013 in corresponding Australian Application No. 2013201490.
88 Office Action issued on Oct. 4, 2013 in corresponding Canadian Application No. 2,753,378.
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103 Petition Exhibit 1008 in IPR2014-01196, Case No. 13-cv-1246-CAB (WMc), Order on Motion to Stay, Motion to Dismiss, and Related Discovery Request, Oct. 15, 2013, 3 pages.
104 Petition Exhibit 1009 in IPR2014-01196, Case No. SACV 13-00498: Order Granting Defendants' Motion to Stay Litigation Pending Inter Partes Review, Oct. 4, 2013, 3 pages.
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112 Petition Exhibit No. 1020 in IPR2014-01196: Australian Application No. PR 7288, filed Aug. 27, 2001, 23 pages.
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114 Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Pat. No. 7,614,398, mailed Aug. 16, 2013.
115 Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Pat. No. Re. 44,453, BMC Medical Co., Ltd., Petitioner v. ResMed Limited, Patent Owner, Case No. IPR2014-01363, Aug. 22, 2014, 66 pages.
116 Petition for Inter Parties Review of U.S. Pat. No. Re. 44,453 Under to 35 U.S.C. §§ 311 ET SEQ. and 37 C.F.R. §42.100 ET SEQ., Apex Medical Corp., Petitioner v. ResMed Limited, Patent Owner, Case No. IPR2014-00551, Mar. 27, 2014, 38 pages.
117 Petition for Inter Parties Review of U.S. Pat. No. Re. 44,453 Under to 35 U.S.C. §§311-319 and 37 C.F.R. §42.100 et seq., BMC Medical Co. Ltd., Petitioner v, ResMed Limited, Patent Owner, Case No. IPR2014-01196, Jul. 23, 2014, 62 pages.
118 Photos of HumidAire(TM), 11 pages date unavailable.
119 Photos of HumidAire™, 11 pages date unavailable.
120 Photos of MAP Humidifier and Tub, 2 pages and cover sheet, undated.
121 Photos of tray system available before the critical date, with sample flow generator and humidifier, 5 pages.
122 Proceedings Correspondence issued on Mar. 1, 2012 in corresponding New Zealand Patent No. 567371.
123 REMStar® Heated Humidifier Manual, Mar. 15, 2001 (8 pages).
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125 ResMed "Sullivan® HumidAire® User's Instructions", 8 pages, undated.
126 ResMed, "The Sullivan® HumidAire(TM)," 1997, 1 page.
127 ResMed, "The Sullivan® HumidAire™," 1997, 1 page.
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131 Statement of Case dated Dec. 1, 2014 in New Zealand Application No. 607671 (6 pages).
132 Supplementary European Search Report for Co-pending European Appl. No. 04737434.3, mailed Oct. 15, 2009, 4 pages.
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134 U.S. International Trade Commission, Inv. No. 337-TA-890, "Notice of the Commission's Final Determination; Issuance of a Limited Exclusion Order and Cease and Desist Orders; Termination of the Investigation," Issued: Dec. 23, 2014, 25 pages.
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