Modular patient interface including a joint coupling mouth and nasal cushions

Abstract

A patient interface kit to deliver a flow of air at a positive pressure with respect to ambient air pressure to an entrance to a patients airways including at least the entrance of a patients nares while the patient is sleeping. The patient interface comprising: a nasal cushion having a nasal cushion opening; a mouth cushion having a mouth cushion opening, the mouth cushion including a flexible joint, positioned above the mouth opening, to selectively connect the nasal cushion to the mouth cushion; and a positioning and stabilizing structure to provide a force to hold the nasal and/or mouth seal-forming structures in a therapeutically effective position on a patient's head, the positioning an stabilizing structure including a nasal headgear including upper straps or conduits and a mouth headgear including lower straps, the mouth headgear being selectively connected to the nasal headgear.

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