- Patent Title: Mask and method for use in respiratory monitoring and diagnostics
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Application No.: US13710160Application Date: 2012-12-10
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Publication No.: US09949667B2Publication Date: 2018-04-24
- Inventor: Hisham Alshaer , Geoffrey Roy Fernie , T. Douglas Bradley , Oleksandr Igorovich Levchenko , Steven M. Pong
- Applicant: UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
- Applicant Address: CA Toronto
- Assignee: University Health Network
- Current Assignee: University Health Network
- Current Assignee Address: CA Toronto
- Agency: Middleton Reutlinger
- Main IPC: A61B5/087
- IPC: A61B5/087 ; A61B7/00 ; A61B5/097 ; A61B5/00

Abstract:
Disclosed is a mask for use in respiratory monitoring and/or diagnostics. The mask comprises at least one transducer responsive to sound and/or airflow for generating a signal, and a support structure to rest on the subject's face. In one embodiment, the support structure comprises two or more limbs that provide a transducer support for supporting the transducer at a distance from a nose and mouth area, allowing monitoring via the transducer of sound and/or airflow produced by the subject. Also described is a mask comprising a transducer responsive to airflow for generating a signal and a support structure to rest on the subject's face and extend outwardly over a nose and mouth area to provide a transducer support supporting the transducer at a distance from a nose and mouth area of the subject's face and at a preset orientation, for monitoring via the transducer of airflow produced by the subject.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130172772A1 MASK AND METHOD FOR USE IN RESPIRATORY MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTICS Public/Granted day:2013-07-04
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