IP Library Granted Patent US 8,887,726
Granted Patent B2
US 8,887,726 · App. 11/883,822 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

Respiratory mask

Inventors: Gerd Schulz (Schenefeld, DE); Martin Eifler (Glückstadt, DE)
Assignee: Weinmann Gerate fur Medizin GmbH & Co. KG
A61M16/06A61M16/0638A61M2205/6045A61M16/0825
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Patent No.
US 8,887,726
App. No.
11/883,822
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a respiratory mask comprising a mask body and an articulated connection piece that can be connected to a respiratory tube. On the mask body, at least one exhalation gap is located in the vicinity of a connection that holds the articulated connection piece. Preferably, the exhalation gap terminates in an umbrella-shaped outflow channel that runs away from the patient. Preferably, at least two components of the respiratory mask are interconnected without play.

Claims (3)

1. A respiratory mask comprising a mask body and at least one ball-and-socket joint which is at least partially enclosed on the outside by a ball cage, wherein the ball-and-socket joint is secured in the ball cage by a centering ring by inserting the centering ring in a receptacle in a retaining ring, which centering ring rests against at least certain outside areas of the ball cage, and wherein at least one catch is provided for locking the retaining ring relative to the body of the mask, whereby in an assembled state the ball-and-socket joint is fixed in an area of the mask, the centering ring being part of the mask body and the receptacle and the ball cage being part of the retaining ring.

2. A respiratory mask comprising a mask body and at least one ball-and-socket joint which is at least partially enclosed on the outside by a ball cage, wherein the ball-and-socket joint in the ball cage rests permanently on fewer than four points, wherein the ball-and-socket joint is secured in the ball cage by a centering ring by inserting the centering ring in a receptacle in a retaining ring, and wherein at least one catch is provided for locking the retaining ring relative to the body of the mask, whereby in an assembled state the ball-and-socket joint is fixed in an area of the mask, the centering ring being part of the mask body and the receptacle and the ball cage being part of the retaining ring.

3. A respiratory mask comprising a mask body and at least one ball-and-socket joint which is at least partially enclosed on the outside by a ball cage, wherein the ball cage extends concavely with a stronger curvature than a convexly shaped outer surface of the ball-and-socket joint, wherein the ball-and-socket joint is secured in the ball cage by a centering ring by inserting the centering ring in a receptacle in a retaining ring, and wherein at least one catch is provided for locking the retaining ring relative to the body of the mask, whereby in an assembled state the ball-and-socket joint is fixed in an area of the mask, the centering ring being part of the mask body and the receptacle and the ball cage being part of the retaining ring.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2017
From: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY GMBH + CO. KG
To: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
Reel/Frame 040950/0536 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 15, 2016
From: WEINMANN GERAETE FUER MEDIZIN GMBH + CO. KG
To: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY GMBH + CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040617/0177 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2007
From: SCHULZ, GERD; EIFLER, MARTIN
To: WEINMANN GERATE FUR MEDIZIN GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 019882/0645 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2004 043 208 · Sep 3, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080210241A1 · Sep 4, 2008