公开(公告)号：US20090114229A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-07

申请号：US11988931

申请日：2006-08-28

申请人： Robert Henry Frater ,  Gregory Robert Peake

发明人： Robert Henry Frater ,  Gregory Robert Peake

IPC分类号： A62B18/08 ,  A62B18/02

CPC分类号： A61M16/06 ,  A61M16/0493 ,  A61M16/0611 ,  A61M16/0638 ,  A61M16/0683 ,  A61M16/0694 ,  A61M2210/0618 ,  A61M2210/0625 ,  A62B9/06

摘要： A mouth seal assembly for use with a nasal mask system includes a mouth seal adapted to form a seal with the patient's mouth. The mouth seal is substantially independent from a supply of pressurized air from the nasal mask system. An anti-asphyxia valve may be provided to either the mouth seal over the patient's lips or the nasal mask system. A strap arrangement may support the mouth seal in a desired position on the patient's face in use.

摘要翻译： 与鼻罩系统一起使用的口密封组件包括适于与患者口部形成密封的口密封。 嘴密封件基本上独立于来自鼻罩系统的加压空气的供应。 可以将抗窒息阀提供给患者嘴唇或鼻罩系统上的口密封。 带状装置可以在使用中在患者的脸部上的期望位置支持口密封。

公开(公告)号：US20080173305A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-24

申请号：US12007579

申请日：2008-01-11

申请人： Robert Henry Frater

发明人： Robert Henry Frater

IPC分类号： A61M16/00

CPC分类号： B08B9/027 ,  A61M16/08 ,  A61M16/0875 ,  B08B9/023

摘要： A fastenable air delivery conduit includes a body portion having a supply end and a delivery end and a fastener that substantially extends from the supply end to the delivery end. The fastener, when engaged, forms the body portion into a fastened configuration, and when disengaged, forms the body portion into an unfastened configuration. The body portion defines a longitudinal axis when in the fastened configuration, and the fastener extends from the source end to the delivery end of the body portion at an angle that is non-parallel with the longitudinal axis of the conduit.

摘要翻译： 可紧固的空气输送导管包括具有供给端和输送端的主体部分和从供给端基本上延伸到输送端的紧固件。 紧固件在接合时将主体部分形成为紧固构造，并且当脱开时，该主体部分形成松开构造。 主体部分在处于紧固构造时限定纵向轴线，并且紧固件以与导管的纵向轴线不平行的角度从主体部分的源端延伸到输送端。

公开(公告)号：US07318439B2

公开(公告)日：2008-01-15

申请号：US10961091

申请日：2004-10-12

申请人： Milind Chandrakant Raje ,  Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu ,  Amal Shirley Amarasinghe ,  Joanne Elizabeth Drew ,  Robert Henry Frater ,  Memduh Guney ,  Clive Solari

发明人： Milind Chandrakant Raje ,  Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu ,  Amal Shirley Amarasinghe ,  Joanne Elizabeth Drew ,  Robert Henry Frater ,  Memduh Guney ,  Clive Solari

IPC分类号： A62B18/08

CPC分类号： A61M16/0616 ,  A61M16/06 ,  A61M16/0611 ,  A61M16/0622 ,  A61M16/0633 ,  A61M16/0638 ,  A61M16/065 ,  A61M16/0655 ,  A61M16/0683 ,  A61M16/08 ,  A61M16/0825 ,  A61M16/085 ,  A61M16/0858 ,  A61M16/0875 ,  A61M2205/42 ,  A61M2206/14

摘要： A respiratory mask assembly for use in the delivery of non-invasive positive airway pressure to a user. The assembly includes a rigid shell having a channel portion defined by an inner wall, an outer wall and a channel floor, a face-contacting cushion acting to space the shell away from the user's face and a sealing tab extending from the cushion to engage a portion of the shell to provide a continuous airtight seal between the cushion and the shell. A retaining ring within the mask assembly is configured to secure the cushion to the shell. The retaining ring has a first portion including at least one clip configured to pass through at least one slot portion such that an underside surface of the at least one clip engages a section of the shell when the retaining ring is positioned within the channel.

摘要翻译： 一种呼吸面罩组件，用于向使用者输送非侵入性正压通气。 组件包括刚性壳体，其具有由内壁，外壁和通道底板限定的通道部分，用于将壳体远离使用者面部的面接触垫片以及从衬垫延伸以接合的密封片 壳体的一部分以在衬垫和壳体之间提供连续的气密密封。 掩模组件内的保持环被构造成将衬垫固定到壳体上。 保持环具有第一部分，其包括构造成穿过至少一个狭槽部分的至少一个夹子，使得当保持环定位在通道内时，至少一个夹子的下侧表面接合壳体的一部分。

公开(公告)号：US06941182B2

公开(公告)日：2005-09-06

申请号：US10720175

申请日：2003-11-25

申请人： Andrew Selim ,  Patrick John McAuliffe ,  Milind Chandrakant Raje ,  Robert Henry Frater

发明人： Andrew Selim ,  Patrick John McAuliffe ,  Milind Chandrakant Raje ,  Robert Henry Frater

IPC分类号： A61B19/00 ,  A61M16/06 ,  G01L1/02 ,  G01L5/00 ,  G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G01L5/00 ,  A61B2090/065 ,  A61M16/06 ,  A61M16/0841 ,  A61M16/0858 ,  A61M2016/0661 ,  G01L1/02

摘要： A system and method for measuring contact pressures between two surfaces, and especially, between the body and a device resting on the body, e.g., the skin and a breathable gas mask. A deformable, resilient probe having a flow passage therein is initially placed between the two surfaces such that the flow passage is blocked. Fluid pressure within the probe is then increased until the pressure in the probe overcomes the contact pressure between the two surfaces, such that fluid begins to flow through the flow passage in the probe. The pressure at which the fluid begins to flow through the flow passage in the probe is recorded as the contact pressure between the two surfaces. Contact pressure maps created using this apparatus and method may be used to create anthropometric models of the face and other body parts.

公开(公告)号：US20160007114A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-07

申请号：US14793474

申请日：2015-07-07

申请人： Robert Henry Frater

发明人： Robert Henry Frater

IPC分类号： H04R1/40 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G10L21/0232

CPC分类号： H04R1/406 ,  G10L21/0232 ,  G10L2021/02082 ,  G10L2021/02166 ,  H04R1/02 ,  H04R3/005 ,  H04R27/00 ,  H04R2201/401 ,  H04R2201/403 ,  H04R2227/001 ,  H04R2227/007 ,  H04R2410/01 ,  H04R2430/25 ,  H04R2499/11

摘要： The present disclosure is directed to devices, methods and systems for microphone arrays wherein enhancing performance of directional microphone arrays is provided. Enhanced performance of speaker phones is also provided. In certain embodiments, the housing of the device is configured to support the at least three microphones and the loudspeaker in a substantially first orientation; and the at least three microphones and the loudspeaker are arranged in a spatial relationship such that appropriate phase and delay characteristics achieve a substantial null response in the at least three microphones and in the loudspeaker in a substantial vertical direction away from the substantially first orientation over a desired audible range of frequencies and the device is able to provide a response to sounds over a range of first oriented elevations.

摘要翻译： 本公开涉及提供用于提高定向麦克风阵列的性能的麦克风阵列的装置，方法和系统。 还提供扬声器电话的增强性能。 在某些实施例中，设备的壳体被配置成在基本上第一取向上支撑至少三个麦克风和扬声器; 并且所述至少三个麦克风和扬声器以空间关系布置，使得适当的相位和延迟特性在至少三个麦克风和扬声器中在远离基本上第一方向的基本上垂直方向上实现基本无效响应， 期望的可听频率范围，并且该装置能够在一系列第一定向仰角上提供对声音的响应。

公开(公告)号：US08465411B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-18

申请号：US12926274

申请日：2010-11-05

申请人： Paul Benjamin Davis ,  Lachlan Stewart James ,  Benjamin Adam McSweeney ,  Linda Elizabeth Laidlaw ,  Robert Henry Frater ,  Peter John Hanley

发明人： Paul Benjamin Davis ,  Lachlan Stewart James ,  Benjamin Adam McSweeney ,  Linda Elizabeth Laidlaw ,  Robert Henry Frater ,  Peter John Hanley

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/75 ,  A61B5/121 ,  A61B5/128 ,  A61M21/02 ,  A61M2021/0027 ,  G06F19/00 ,  H04R25/505

摘要： A tinnitus method and device for providing relief to a person suffering from the disturbing effects of tinnitus is described. The method can be implemented entirely in software to spectrally modify an audio signal in accordance with a predetermined masking algorithm which modifies the intensity of the audio signal at selected frequencies. A predetermined masking algorithm is described which provides intermittent masking of the tinnitus wherein, at a comfortable listening level, during peaks of the audio signal the tinnitus is completely obscured, whereas during troughs the perception of the tinnitus occasionally emerges. In practice it has been found that such intermittent masking provides an immediate sense of relief, control and relaxation for the person, while enabling sufficient perception of the tinnitus for habituation and long term treatment to occur. Advantageously the predetermined masking algorithm is specifically tailored to the audiometric configuration of the person. For example, the masking algorithm may be partly tailored to the hearing loss characteristic of the person. A tinnitus rehabilitation device used in conjunction with a personal sound reproducing system is also described.

摘要翻译： 描述了耳鸣方法和用于向遭受耳鸣干扰作用的人提供救济的装置。 该方法可以完全用软件来实现，以根据预定的屏蔽算法对音频信号进行光谱修改，该掩蔽算法修改所选频率的音频信号的强度。 描述了提供耳鸣的间歇掩蔽的预定屏蔽算法，其中在舒适的听力水平下，在音频信号的峰值期间耳鸣被完全遮蔽，而在波谷期间偶尔会出现耳鸣的感觉。 在实践中已经发现，这种间歇掩蔽提供了对人的直接的救济，控制和放松感，同时使得足够的耳鸣感觉可以适应习惯和长期治疗。 有利地，预定的掩蔽算法被专门针对人的听力配置。 例如，掩蔽算法可以部分地适合于人的听力损失特征。 还描述了与个人声音再现系统一起使用的耳鸣康复装置。

公开(公告)号：US08397727B2

公开(公告)日：2013-03-19

申请号：US12230120

申请日：2008-08-22

申请人： Eva Ng ,  Robert Henry Frater ,  Lee James Veliss ,  Barton John Kenyon ,  Daniel Robert Judson ,  Robert Edward Henry ,  Alison Oldenburg ,  Renee Frances Doherty ,  Michael John Reid

发明人： Eva Ng ,  Robert Henry Frater ,  Lee James Veliss ,  Barton John Kenyon ,  Daniel Robert Judson ,  Robert Edward Henry ,  Alison Oldenburg ,  Renee Frances Doherty ,  Michael John Reid

IPC分类号： A61M16/06 ,  A61H16/00

CPC分类号： A61M16/0666 ,  A61M16/0057 ,  A61M16/0066 ,  A61M16/009 ,  A61M16/06 ,  A61M16/08 ,  A61M16/0816 ,  A61M16/0875 ,  A61M16/1055 ,  A61M16/1065 ,  A61M16/208 ,  A61M2202/0085 ,  A61M2202/0225 ,  A61M2205/0205 ,  A61M2205/0238 ,  A61M2205/42

摘要： A vent arrangement is provided to a mask or associated conduit to discharge exhaled gas from the mask to atmosphere. The vent arrangement is structured to diffuse the exhaust vent flow to produce less air jetting, thereby increasing the comfort of the patient and their bed partner. For example, the vent arrangement may include one or more grill components and/or media constructed and arranged to diffuse vent flow.

公开(公告)号：US20120024291A1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-02

申请号：US13271669

申请日：2011-10-12

申请人： Amal Shirley Amarasinghe ,  Robert Henry Frater

发明人： Amal Shirley Amarasinghe ,  Robert Henry Frater

IPC分类号： A61M16/06

CPC分类号： A61M16/06 ,  A61M16/0633 ,  A61M16/0683 ,  A61M2205/0216 ,  A61M2205/0238 ,  A61M2205/025

摘要： A patient mask assembly for positive pressure ventilation includes a brace which clips to the mask and provides attachment locations for headgear straps in alternative positions to those attachment locations which may be provided by the mask. The brace may also provide a mask stabilizing portion.

摘要翻译： 用于正压通气的患者面罩组件包括夹持到面罩的支架，并且为可由面罩提供的那些附接位置提供用于头带的附接位置。 支架还可以提供掩模稳定部分。

公开(公告)号：US20100006097A1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-14

申请号：US12087075

申请日：2006-12-20

申请人： Robert Henry Frater ,  Hamish Alexander Urquhart ,  Dmitri Anatolievich Doudkine ,  Barton John Kenyon

发明人： Robert Henry Frater ,  Hamish Alexander Urquhart ,  Dmitri Anatolievich Doudkine ,  Barton John Kenyon

IPC分类号： A61M16/00 ,  F04D29/66

CPC分类号： F04D29/4226 ,  A61M16/0057 ,  A61M16/0066 ,  A61M16/0069 ,  A61M2205/3375 ,  A61M2205/42 ,  F04D29/663 ,  Y10T29/49243

摘要： A blower assembly including a motor (4), an impeller (6) and a volute (8) that is configured such that an inlet chamber (112) of the volute and an outlet chamber (114) of the volute are divided from one another by an airtight membrane (128a-b) and the membrane is configured to allow the transmission of pressure waves between the inlet and outlet chambers.

摘要翻译： 包括电动机（4），叶轮（6）和蜗壳（8）的鼓风机组件，其构造成使得蜗壳的入口室（112）和蜗壳的出口室（114）彼此分开 通过气密膜（128a-b），并且膜构造成允许在入口室和出口室之间传输压力波。

公开(公告)号：US20090307590A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-10

申请号：US11921500

申请日：2006-06-07

申请人： Robert Henry Frater ,  Lachlan Stewart James ,  Linda Elizabeth Laidlaw ,  Paul Benjamin Davis ,  Peter John Hanley ,  Benjamin Mcsweeney

发明人： Robert Henry Frater ,  Lachlan Stewart James ,  Linda Elizabeth Laidlaw ,  Paul Benjamin Davis ,  Peter John Hanley ,  Benjamin Mcsweeney

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  G06F3/048

CPC分类号： H04R25/70 ,  G10L21/0205 ,  G10L21/0364 ,  G10L2021/065 ,  H04R25/305 ,  H04R25/75

摘要： A digital playback device and a method and apparatus for modifying a digital audio signal. The method includes allowing a user to select a digital audio track and modifying the digital audio track with a predetermined spectral modification signal to create a spectrally modified digital audio track. The spectrally modified digital audio track can then be retrieved by a user to a digital playback device.

摘要翻译： 一种用于修改数字音频信号的数字播放装置和方法和装置。 该方法包括允许用户选择数字音频轨道并用预定的频谱修改信号修改数字音频轨道，以创建频谱修改的数字音轨。 然后，频谱修改的数字音轨可以被用户检索到数字播放设备。