Respiration monitoring devices, systems and processes for making the same
Inventors
Lympouridis, Vangelis • Nielsen, Derek • Sackman, Josh
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-11599186-B2
Publication Date
2023-03-07
Expiration Date
Abstract
A device for directing respired air includes a frame having a top portion, a bottom portion opposite the top portion, and at least one shoulder disposed between the top portion and the bottom portion to receive a portion of a headset. The device further includes an attachment mechanism coupled to the frame for releasably securing the frame to the headset. In addition, the device also includes a wall surface downwardly depending from the bottom portion of the frame to form a curved baffle. The curved baffle directs air corresponding to respiration toward the bottom portion of the frame, and thus toward an input interface of the headset when the frame is releasably secured to the headset.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to a respiration monitoring system that includes a respiration guide device configured for directing respired air. The device includes a frame having a top portion, a bottom portion opposite the top portion, and at least one shoulder disposed between the top portion and the bottom portion to receive a portion of a headset.
The frame includes a wall surface that downwardly extends from the bottom portion to form a curved baffle. The curved baffle is operable to direct air corresponding to respiration toward the bottom portion of the frame, and the frame is releasably secured to the headset by an attachment mechanism coupled to the frame.
The description further specifies headset coupling through a shoulder and a recessed skirt and/or attachment flanges with defined geometry, including an attachment flange angle substantially orthogonal to a frame plane. The curved baffle geometry is configured with differing curvature behavior in lateral versus orthogonal longitudinal cross-sections, including parabolic, elliptical, spherical, and circular curvature types.
Claims Coverage
The partial document includes three independent claims. The claims center on directing air corresponding to respiration using a headset-coupled frame with a downwardly extending curved baffle that directs the respiration-related air toward a bottom portion of the frame, with releasable attachment to a headset; one independent claim additionally covers forming the device.
Downwardly extending curved baffle directing respiration air to a bottom portion
A frame having a top portion, a bottom portion opposite the top portion, and a wall surface, where the wall surface downwardly extends from the bottom portion of the frame to form a curved baffle, the curved baffle being operable to direct air corresponding to respiration toward the bottom portion of the frame.
Headset receiving shoulder and releasable attachment mechanism
At least one shoulder disposed between the top portion and the bottom portion to receive a portion of a headset, and an attachment mechanism coupled to the frame, the attachment mechanism being operable to releasably secure the frame to the headset.
Baffle and interior recessed skirt forming a shoulder for headset reception
A frame having a baffle and an interior recessed skirt that forms a shoulder operable to receive a portion of a headset.
Downwardly extending baffle directs respiration air toward a bottom portion
The baffle downwardly extends from a bottom portion of the frame, where the baffle is operable to direct air corresponding to respiration toward a bottom portion of the frame.
Forming a respiration air directing device by shaping frame shoulders, attachment, and curved baffle
Forming a frame having a top portion, a bottom portion opposite the top portion, and a wall surface; forming at least one shoulder disposed between the top portion and the bottom portion to receive a portion of a headset; forming an attachment mechanism coupled to the frame, the attachment mechanism being operable to releasably secure the frame to the headset; and forming a curved baffle by extending the wall surface downward from the bottom portion of the frame, the curved baffle being operable to direct air corresponding to respiration toward the bottom portion of the frame.
Across the independent claims, the core claim coverage is a headset-coupled frame with a downwardly extending curved baffle that directs air corresponding to respiration toward the bottom portion of the frame, using a releasable attachment mechanism and headset-receiving shoulder structure; an additional independent claim covers forming such a device by forming the frame, shoulder, attachment mechanism, and curved baffle.
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