Nasal Interface for CPAP Device
AssigneeEncite LLC
InventorsStephen Alan Marsh, James M. Ormond, Bryan R. Hotaling, John A. MacNeill
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Abstract
A nasal interface for a device that attached to a user's nose is described. The nasal interface is particularly adaptable for a CPAP device and includes a device body having air passages through the body terminating in a pair of end portions, with each end portion having at least one outlet in a first surface of the end portion and a nasal interface supported on the body, the nasal interface comprising a pair of nose buds having flared fittings at end portions thereof.
Claims24
An airway pressure breathing device comprises:
- a body having a pair of air passages through the body, which pair of air passages terminate in a pair of end portions, with each end portion having at least one outlet in a first surface of the end portion;
- a micro pump supported by the body, the micro pump configured to pump ambient air through the air passages in the body to the end portions;
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- a nasal interface supported on the body, the nasal interface comprising a pair of nose buds having flared fittings at end portions thereof.
A device attachable to a user's nose, the device comprising:
- a body having a pair of air passages through the body, which pair of air passages terminate in a pair of end portions, with each end portion having at least one outlet in a first surface of the end portion;
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- a nasal interface attached to the body, the nasal interface comprising a pair of nose buds, each nose bud having an external mesa shaped sidewall that terminates at a first end in a flared portion and terminates at the second end at a corresponding one of the pair of air passages of the body.
A nasal interface to attach a device to a user's nose, the interface comprising:
- a pair of nose buds each having a sidewall that encloses a passageway, an external shape of the sidewall being mesa-shaped, with the sidewall terminated at one end in a flared fitting and with each of the nose buds having at a second distal opposing end of the sidewall, an accommodation to accept a device.
A nasal interface to attach a device to a user's nose, the interface comprising:
- a nose bud having a sidewall that encloses a passageway, an external shape of the sidewall being somewhat mesa in shape, with the sidewall terminated at one end in a flared fitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.