Patent ID: 8766790

Claim:
A pressure support system, comprising: a pressure generating device structured to produce a flow of gas, wherein the pressure generating device includes an RFID interrogating device; a delivery conduit coupled to the pressure generating device such that the pressure generating device is structured to deliver the flow of gas to the delivery conduit, the delivery conduit including a coupling component; a component structured to be selectively coupled to the delivery conduit, wherein the component includes an RFID chip, an antenna element operatively coupled to the RFID chip, and an open circuit portion operatively coupled to the RFID chip and the antenna element, wherein the RFID chip is unable to perform wireless communications through the antenna element when the open circuit portion is not closed, and wherein the coupling component closes the open circuit portion responsive to the component being coupled to the delivery conduit to enable the RFID chip to wirelessly communicate with the RFID interrogating device through the antenna element such that the component is able to be wirelessly identified by the pressure generating device.