Gas delivery system
OwnerMichelle Lynn Freeman, Kevin Thomas Riutort +5inventors
InventorsMichelle Lynn Freeman, Kevin Thomas Riutort, Klaus Dieter Torp, John C. Lin, Benjamin John Nickless, Michael Andrew Park, Kingsley Chauncey Wu
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Abstract
A gas delivery system, for providing gas to a wearer, includes a first body having a first cavity. The first body is supportable to a side of a nose and mouth of the wearer. A first adapter receives gas from a gas supply and provide the gas to the first cavity. A plurality of first openings in the first body to create a bolus of gas about the nostrils of the nose and the mouth. The first body, and a second similar body may be supported by an adjustable bridge on opposite sides of the nose and mouth of the wearer.
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A gas delivery system, for providing gas to a wearer, comprising:
- a first body having a first cavity, the first body being supportable to a first side of a nose and a mouth of the wearer;
- a first adapter to receive gas from a gas supply and provide the gas to the first cavity;
- a plurality of first openings in the first body configured to create a bolus of gas about nostrils of the nose and the mouth;
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- a baffle within the first cavity to divert a portion of the gas to lower openings of the plurality of first openings that are lower on the first body than higher openings of the plurality of openings.
A gas delivery system, for providing gas to a wearer, comprising:
- a first body having a first cavity, the first body being supportable to a first side of a nose and a mouth of the wearer;
- a first adapter to receive gas from a gas supply and provide the gas to the first cavity;
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- a plurality of first openings in the first body configured to create a bolus of gas about nostrils of the nose and the mouth, wherein the plurality of first openings comprise alternating louvers through which the gas exits from the first cavity.
An oxygen delivery system, for providing oxygen to a wearer, comprising:
- a first body having a first cavity, the first body being supportable to a first side of a nose and a mouth of the wearer;
- a first adapter to receive gas from a gas supply and provide the gas to the first cavity;
- a plurality of first openings in the body configured to create a bolus of gas about nostrils of the nose and the mouth;
- a first baffle within the first cavity to divert a portion of the gas to lower openings of the plurality of first openings that are lower on the first body than higher openings of the plurality of first openings;
- a second body having a second cavity, the second body being supportable to a second side of the nose and the mouth of the wearer;
- a plurality of second openings in the second body;
- a second baffle within the second cavity to divert a portion of the gas to lower openings of the plurality of second openings that are lower on the second body than higher openings of the plurality of second openings;
- a second adapter to receive gas from the gas supply and provide the gas to the second cavity;
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- a bridge support coupled between the first and second bodies configured to hold the first and second bodies on opposite sides of the mouth and the nose of the wearer.
A method comprising:
- receiving oxygen for distribution to a wearer of an oxygen distribution system;
- supporting the oxygen distribution system on a nose of the wearer;
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- flowing the oxygen to a plurality of openings of the oxygen distribution system, the plurality of openings being positioned to both sides of the wearer between a mouth and nostrils of the wearer so as not to obstruct direct access to the mouth and the nostrils and to create a bolus of oxygen about the mouth and the nostrils of the wearer via a baffle configured to divert the oxygen to first openings of the plurality of openings that are lower on the oxygen distribution system than higher openings of the plurality of openings.
A gas delivery system, for providing gas to a wearer, comprising:
- a first body having a first cavity, the first body being supportable about a nose and a mouth of the wearer;
- a first adapter coupled to the first body to receive gas from a gas supply and provide the gas to the first cavity;
- a plurality of first openings in the first body configured to create a bolus of gas about nostrils of the nose and the mouth;
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- a baffle dividing a portion of the first cavity into two chambers to divert the portion of the gas to lower openings of the plurality of first openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.