PATIENT INTERFACE CUSHION WITH INTEGRAL STRAPS

摘要

A patient interface device for delivering a flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient, comprises two or more headgear straps, a cushion, and a thermoplastic hub positioned in the cushion for connection to an elbow or other fluid connector. The cushion is integrally connected to the headgear straps, and the integrated cushion and strap system is overmolded onto the hub.

主权项

1. An integrated cushion and headgear strap system for a patient interface device adapted to provide a regimen of respiratory therapy to a patient, which comprises:
two or more headgear straps made of a flexible polymeric material, wherein each headgear strap has a proximal end and a distal end, and wherein each distal end of a headgear strap is capable of attaching to or engaging a headgear system, a cushion made of the flexible polymeric material and integrally connected to each proximal end of the headgear straps, wherein the headgear straps and the cushion form a continuous piece, the cushion having a first side structured to contact a face of the patient responsive to the patient interface device being donned by the patient and a second side opposite the first side, and a cylindrical hub member have a circular cross section and being made of a thermoplastic material, the hub member being positioned in an opening provided in the second side of the cushion and being surround by the second side of the cushion, the hub member being structured to be connected to a fluid connector.