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Granted Patent B2
US 12,233,214 · App. 18/477,046 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Portable PAP device with humidification

Inventors: Thomas G. Goff (Mountain View, CA); Kirby Chiang (Mountain View, CA); Nathaniel Bowditch (Menlo Park, CA)
Assignee: ResMed Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,233,214
App. No.
18/477,046
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable, efficient, integrated humidification system for use, e.g., with a positive airway pressure devices. The portable, efficient, integrated humidification system described herein offers many advantages over current humidification systems! There are many advantages to a portable respiratory humidifier. Portability reduces the amount of space the humidifier occupies in the user's bedroom environment. Portability enhances travel for the user. With less to pack, carry, and manage, the user is more likely to remain adherent to therapy when not at home. Portability allows for better utilization in recreational vehicles, while camping, in foreign countries, in the sleeping cabins of trucks or airliners, and on marine craft.

Claims (38)

1. A positive airway pressure system comprising:

an air flow generator configured to supply pressurized air to a patient interface via a lumen of an air conduit; and

a humidifier comprising:

an air flow structure including an inner surface defining a lumen, the air flow structure configured to integrate the humidifier in-line with the air conduit such that the lumen of the air conduit and the lumen of the air flow structure form an air flow path for the pressurized air between the air flow generator and the patient interface,

a humidification chamber configured to receive water from a water reservoir, and

a humidification element configured to transform water in the humidification chamber into vapor that is added to the pressurized air via an aperture in the inner surface of the air flow structure,

wherein a concave condensation channel is disposed in a portion of the inner surface of the air flow structure circumferentially around the aperture, the concave condensation channel is configured to return excess moisture from within the lumen of the air flow structure to the humidification element via the aperture.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the humidifier further comprises a condensate collection element lining the portion of the inner surface of the air flow structure, the condensate collection element is configured to collect the excess moisture in the lumen of the airflow structure.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a sanitization chamber configured to sanitize water received from the water reservoir.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the sanitization chamber includes an ultraviolet light source configured to sanitize the water provided to the humidification chamber.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the humidifier further comprises a pump configured to pull water from the water reservoir into the humidifier.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the humidifier further comprises a sensor disposed in the humidification chamber and configured to measure a water level of the water in the humidification chamber.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the system is configured to apply measurements from the sensor to control the pump to maintain a predetermined water level in the humidification chamber.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the humidifier further comprises a heating element configured to heat water entering the humidification chamber.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the air flow structure comprises an inlet and an outlet, the lumen extending between the inlet and the outlet, the inlet and the outlet configured to integrate the humidifier in-line with the air conduit, wherein the vapor created by the humidification element is input into the lumen of the air flow structure.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the humidifier further comprises a housing formed on an exterior surface of the air flow structure, wherein the humidification element and humidification chamber are disposed in the housing.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the inlet of the air flow structure is coupled to the air flow generator, the outlet of the air flow structure is coupled to a first end of the air conduit, and a second end of the air conduit is coupled to the patient interface.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein a first end of the air conduit is coupled to the air flow generator, a second end of the air conduit is coupled to the inlet of the air flow structure, and the outlet of the air flow structure is coupled to the patient interface.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein a first section of the air conduit is coupled to the air flow generator, a second section of the air conduit is coupled to the patient interface, the inlet of the air flow structure is coupled to the first section of the air conduit, and the outlet of the air flow structure is coupled to the second section of the air conduit.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the humidifier further comprises a port configured to fluidly couple with the water reservoir.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the water reservoir is external to the humidifier and has a water storage capacity greater than a water storage capacity of the humidification chamber of the humidifier.

16. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a controller configured to activate and de-activate the humidification element.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the controller is further configured to activate and de-activate the humidification element in synchrony with inspiratory and expiratory phases of a user's breathing.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the humidification element comprises an ultrasonic transducer configured to atomize water from the humidification chamber.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the ultrasonic transducer comprises a piezoelectric material that oscillates at ultrasonic frequencies.

20. The system of claim 1 , wherein the humidification element comprises a jet nebulizer.

21. The system of claim 1 , wherein the concave condensation channel comprises a top and a bottom and a first circumference at the top and a second circumference at the bottom, wherein the first circumference is larger than the second circumference and the second circumference defines the aperture in the inner surface of the air flow structure.

22. A humidifier comprising:

an air flow structure including an inlet and an outlet and an inner surface defining a lumen, the lumen extending between the inlet and the outlet, the inlet and the outlet configured to integrate the humidifier in-line with an air conduit of a positive airway pressure system such that the lumen of the air flow structure and a lumen of the air conduit form an air flow path for pressurized air between an air flow generator and a patient interface of the positive airway pressure system;

a humidification chamber configured to receive water from a water reservoir; and

a humidification element configured to transform water in the humidification chamber into vapor that is added to the pressurized air via an aperture in the inner surface of the air flow structure,

wherein a concave condensation channel is disposed in a portion of the inner surface of the air flow structure circumferentially around the aperture, the concave condensation channel is configured to return excess moisture from within the lumen of the air flow structure to the humidification element via the aperture.

23. A humidifier comprising:

an air flow structure including an inlet and an outlet and an inner surface defining a lumen, the lumen extending between the inlet and the outlet, the inlet and the outlet configured to integrate the humidifier in-line with an air conduit of a positive airway pressure system such that the lumen of the air flow structure and a lumen of the air conduit form an air flow path for pressurized air between an air flow generator and a patient interface of the positive airway pressure system;

a humidification chamber configured to receive water from a water reservoir;

a humidification element configured to transform water in the humidification chamber into vapor that is added to the pressurized air; and

a condensate collection element lining a portion of the inner surface of the air flow structure, the condensate collection element is configured to collect excess moisture in the lumen of the airflow structure,

wherein a concave condensation channel is disposed in the portion of the inner surface of the air flow structure, the concave condensation channel is configured to return excess moisture from within the lumen of the air flow structure to the humidification element.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2023
From: HANCOCK MEDICAL, INC.
To: RESMED, INC.
Reel/Frame 065088/0147 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2023
From: GOFF, THOMAS G; CHIANG, KIRBY; BOWDITCH, NATHANIEL L
To: HANCOCK MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 065091/0064 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17111927 · Dec 4, 2020
Continuation 15329150
Provisional Application 62038781 · Aug 18, 2014
Related Publication 20240139461A1 · May 2, 2024
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