FLEXIBLE NASAL CANNULA

• US 3,754,552 A
• Filed: 06/08/1971
• Issued: 08/28/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William R. King
• Original Assignee: William R. King
• Inventors: King, William R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Howell, Kyle L.
• Application Number:
  US05/151,120
• Time in Patent Office: 812 Days
• Field of Search: 128/206,207,198,200,14N,146,147,145 273/8B 138/118,178,DIG.11
• US Class Current: 128/207.18
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0666 Nasal cannulas or tubing devices for improving normal breathing through the nose A61F5/08; nose filters A62B23/06; outside holding devices A61M25/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0672 Nasal cannula assemblies for oxygen therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/0216 Materials providing elastic properties, e.g. for facilitating deformation and avoid breaking

Abstract

A flexible nasal cannula adapted for the intake of therapeutic gas from either the right or left side of a patient, wherein the top and bottom wall sections of the cross tube are tapered from the ends to the mid point of the cross tube.

Claims

1. A flexible nasal cannula comprising in combination a cross tube, a pair of generally parallel upstanding nostril conduits in flow communication with said cross tube, a strap tab mounted at about each end of said cross tube, a plug mounted on one of said strap tabs at one end of said cross tube, said plug being removably and sealingly inserted in said one end, an inlet tube in flow communication with said cross tube end opposite to said plug end, said cross tube having upper, lower and side wall sections, said nostril conduits extending from said upper wall section, said cross tube having said upper and lower sections of its walls tapered from each end to the midsection, such that the thickness of the upper section is greater at the ends than at the midsection and the thickness of the lower section is greater at the midsection than at the ends, and the side walls of said cross tube are of uniform thickness from end to end.

2. A flexible nasal cannula comprising in combination a cross tube having a closed end, a pair of generally parallel upstanding nostril conduits in flow communication with said cross tube, a strap tab mounted at about each end of said cross tube, an inlet tube in flow communication with the open end of said crosS tube, said cross tube having upper, lower and side wall sections, said nostril conduits extending from said upper wall section, said cross tube having said upper and lower sections of its walls tapered from each end to the midsection such that the thickness of said upper section is greater at the ends than the midsection and the thickness of the lower section is greater at the midsection than at the ends, and the side walls of said cross tube are of uniform thickness from end to end.