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Control of flow and/or pressure provided by breathing apparatus

Grant US12594390B2 Kind: B2 Apr 07, 2026

Assignee

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited

Inventors

Stanislav Tatkov, Kevin Peter O'Donnell, Sheng Feng

Abstract

The invention comprises a method of operating a breathing apparatus comprising measuring a baseline breath flow parameter being respiratory rate and/or tidal volume or a parameter derived therefrom, varying the flow rate provided by the breathing apparatus, measuring a current breath flow parameter being respiratory rate and/or tidal volume or a parameter derived therefrom, comparing the baseline and current breath flow parameters, and altering operation of the breathing apparatus based on the comparison. The invention also comprises a breathing apparatus that implements the above method.

CPC Classifications

A61M 16/0069 A61M 16/0066 A61M 16/0003 A61M 16/109 A61M 16/1095 A61M 16/1075 A61M 16/024 A61M 16/0666 A61M 16/0683 A61M 16/16 A61M 2016/0015 A61M 2016/0027 A61M 2016/003 A61M 2016/0039 A61M 2205/52 A61M 2230/40 A61M 2230/42 A61M 16/1045 A61B 5/4806-4818 A61B 5/087 A61B 5/0878 A61B 5/091 A61B 5/097

Filing Date

2022-02-24

Application No.

17652393

Claims

18