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US 12,194,244 · App. 17/413,809 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Humidifier reservoir

Inventors: Hargopal Verma (Sydney, AU); David Mulcahy (Sydney, AU); Michael James Dent (Sydney, AU)
Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
A61M16/16A61M16/109A61M2016/0027A61M2016/003A61M16/0066A61M16/06A61M16/161A61M2205/3389
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Patent No.
US 12,194,244
App. No.
17/413,809
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A water reservoir for an apparatus for humidifying a flow of breathable gas includes a reservoir body forming a cavity structured to hold a volume of liquid. The reservoir body comprises a conductive portion. The conductive portion comprises a thermally conductive material and is adapted to thermally engage with a heater plate to allow thermal transfer of heat to the liquid. The conductive portion includes a peripheral interfacing portion structured and arranged to connect the conductive portion to one or more walls of the reservoir body. The peripheral interfacing portion includes an intermediate portion and an end portion. The end portion is bent so as to be at least inclined with respect to the intermediate portion to reduce a risk of leakage caused by cracks within a critical area of a thickness of the one or more walls due to a presence of a sharp edge at the end portion.

Claims (27)

1. A water reservoir for an apparatus for humidifying a flow of breathable gas, comprising:

a reservoir body forming a cavity structured to hold a volume of liquid,

the reservoir body comprising a conductive portion provided at a lower portion of the reservoir body,

wherein the conductive portion comprises a thermally conductive material and is configured to thermally engage with a heater plate to allow thermal transfer of heat from the heater plate to the volume of liquid,

wherein the conductive portion includes a substantially planar bottom wall, a side wall extending around a perimeter of the bottom wall, and a peripheral interfacing portion that extends outward from the side wall,

wherein the peripheral interfacing portion is structured and arranged to connect the conductive portion to one or more walls of the reservoir body,

wherein the peripheral interfacing portion includes an inner portion extending from the side wall, a sloped portion extending from the inner portion, an intermediate portion extending from the sloped portion, and an end portion extending from the intermediate portion, and

wherein the end portion is bent so as to be at least partly inclined in a downward direction with respect to the intermediate portion to reduce a risk of leakage caused by cracks within the one or more walls due to a presence of an edge at the end portion.

2. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein inclination of the end portion is at an angle of substantially 180 degrees so that the end portion and the intermediate portion are generally parallel to one another.

3. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the end portion and the intermediate portion are generally flush to one another.

4. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral interfacing portion is structured and arranged to sealingly connect the conductive portion to the one or more walls of the reservoir body.

5. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive portion comprises a metallic material.

6. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more walls comprises a bottom wall and the conductive portion is connected to a bottom wall of the reservoir body.

7. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the end portion is inclined away from a water facing surface of the one or more walls of the reservoir body.

8. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the end portion is inclined with respect to the intermediate portion so that an external surface of the end portion, and any one or more tool marks thereof, are oriented away from a critical area of the one or more walls of the reservoir body.

9. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the end portion is inclined towards a water facing surface of the one or more walls of the reservoir body.

10. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the end portion is inclined with respect to the intermediate portion at an angle of inclination larger than 90 degrees.

11. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the end portion is rolled or curled relative to the intermediate portion to provide the end portion with a radius or curvature.

12. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the substantially planar bottom wall includes a circular shape.

13. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the sloped portion creates an offset between the inner portion and the intermediate portion so that the inner portion is out of plane with the intermediate portion.

14. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the reservoir body comprises a main body comprising a plastic material, and the conductive portion comprises an insert molded construction with the main body.

15. The water reservoir according to claim 14 , wherein the reservoir body comprises a two-part construction comprising only the main body and the conductive portion.

16. The water reservoir according to claim 1 , further comprising a reservoir lid movably connected to the reservoir body to allow the water reservoir to be convertible between an open configuration and a closed configuration.

17. An apparatus for humidifying a flow of breathable gas, comprising:

a water reservoir dock; and

the water reservoir according to claim 1 provided to the water reservoir dock,

wherein the water reservoir dock forms a cavity to receive the water reservoir, and the water reservoir dock includes the heater plate adapted to thermally engage the conductive portion provided to the water reservoir.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2021
From: VERMA, HARGOPAL; MULCAHY, DAVID; DENT, MICHAEL JAMES
To: RESMED PTY LTD
Reel/Frame 057335/0680 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62781283 · Dec 18, 2018
Related Publication 20220016384A1 · Jan 20, 2022
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