Patent ID: 7975692

Claim:
A ventilator, comprising a forehead support connected with a ventilator mask, where the ventilator mask is provided with a connection for a ventilator hose, and where the forehead support is coupled with the ventilator mask by a spacing element, wherein the spacing element ( 2 ) is provided with a cavity ( 11 ), which opens into an interior space ( 12 ) of the ventilator mask ( 1 ), wherein the ventilator mask has at least two components that have an internal cavity whereby separate flow paths are realized, one of the two components is designed for removing exhaled air, and the other of the components is designed for supplying fresh respiratory gas, wherein the cavity ( 11 ) of the spacing element is designed for removing exhaled air in a direction radially away from a body ( 5 ) of the mask, wherein the exhaled respiratory gas is fed in a direction of discharge openings ( 24 , 29 , 30 , 32 , 41 , 42 , 53 ) through the cavity ( 11 ) of the spacing element ( 2 ), wherein feeding of respiratory gas occurs via the ventilator hose ( 4 ), which is rotatably supported in the body ( 5 ) of the mask, and wherein the forehead support ( 3 ) is provided with at least one of said discharge openings.