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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE

  • US 20080251079A1
  • Filed: 04/10/2008
  • Published: 10/16/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for providing a breathing gas to a user, including:

  • a headgear unit, including;

    a breathing interface;

    an adjustable structure adapted to suitably fit the headgear unit to the user'"'"'s head with the breathing interface disposed in operative relation to the user'"'"'s facial area;

    a blower motor assembly releasably attached to the adjustable structure positioning the assembly at the crown of or at a posterior portion of the user'"'"'s head or neck; and

    a plenum with a first end coupled to the breathing interface and an opposite end coupled to the blower motor assembly, the blower motor assembly, plenum, and breathing interface forming a breathing gas flow path; and

    a control unit in operative communication with the headgear unit to selectively control operation of the blower motor assembly based at least in part on a desired pressure for the breathing gas;

    wherein operation of the blower motor assembly provides the breathing gas to at least one user airway at an adjustable positive pressure via the breathing gas flow path.

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