System and method for securing a breathing gas delivery hose
OwnerRichard D. REINBERGinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for supporting a patient gas delivery tube includes an elongated support member having first and second distal end and a living hinge biasing arcuate movement between the distal ends. A generally planar, rigid base configured to secures a lower distal end so that the support member extends from a surface of the base. A mount secured to the other distal end is adapted to secure an associated tube. A system for manufacturing a hose support includes cutting of parallel slits in opposing sides of a tube wall, cutting away a portion of one tube end and bending it to form a shelf on which hose clams are placed.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing a hose support comprising:
- rotating a plurality of substantially parallel and coaxial saw blades;
- orienting an axis of an elongated, hollow tube to be substantially parallel with an axis of the saw blades;
- pressing a first side of an elongated, hollow tube to make contact with at least a portion of the saw blades so as to concurrently cut a first plurality of substantially parallel slits in the tube between first and second distal ends of the tube;
- pressing a second side of the tube to make contact with at least a portion of the saw blades to concurrently cut a second plurality of substantially parallel slits such that individual slits of the second plurality of slits are disposed between individual slits of the first plurality of parallel slits;
- affixing a hose clamp to the first distal end of the tube;
- and
- affixing a base to the second distal end of the tube.
A hose support prepared by a process comprising the steps of:
- rotating a plurality of substantially parallel and coaxial saw blades;
- orienting an axis of an elongated, hollow tube to be substantially parallel with an axis of the saw blades;
- pressing a first side of an elongated, hollow tube to make contact with at least a portion of the saw blades so as to concurrently cut a first plurality of substantially parallel slits in the tube between first and second distal ends of the tube;
- pressing a second side of the tube to make contact with at least a portion of the saw blades to concurrently cut a second plurality of substantially parallel slits such that individual slits of the second plurality of slits are disposed between individual slits of the first plurality of parallel slits;
- affixing a hose clamp to the first distal end of the tube;
- and
- affixing a base to the second distal end of the tube.
A method comprising:
- cutting a plurality of alternating slits into opposed sides of a plastic tube, each slit being substantially perpendicular to an axis of the tube, and wherein the slits are disposed a central portion between first and second ends of the tube;
- bending the first end of the tube so as to extend radially from an axis of the tube;
- affixing a hose clam to the first end of the tube;
- and
- securing a base to the second end of the tube extending radially rom the axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.