Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wear-out indicator for a patient interface
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Application No.: US15324919Application Date: 2015-07-08
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Publication No.: US10603458B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Lutz Christian Gerhardt , Sima Asvadi , Joyce Van Zanten , Mareike Klee , Robert William Baiko
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agent Michael W. Haas
- Priority: EP14176465 20140710; EP15151168 20150114
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/065642 WO 20150708
- International Announcement: WO2016/005473 WO 20160114
- Main IPC: A61M16/06
- IPC: A61M16/06 ; A61M16/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a member (14, 24, 26) of a patient interface (10) for providing a flow of breath-able gas to a self-ventilating patient (12). The member (14, 24, 26) includes a wear-out indicator (32) for indicating a wear-out of the member (14, 24, 26) to the patient (12). The wear-out indicator (32) includes an elastic structure (34) that appears in a first colour in an unstressed condition and is configured to re-versibly change its apparent colour when being stretched and re-turned to its unstressed condition again. The elastic structure (34) is configured to indicate a wear-out of the member (14, 24, 26) by appearing in a second colour in its unstressed condition when the structure (34) has lost at least a part of its elasticity, wherein the second colour is different from the first colour.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170216548A1 WEAR-OUT INDICATOR FOR A PATIENT INTERFACE Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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