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US 2020/0139060 A1Published application
Nasal canula cover
OwnerCharles Andrew Turnerinventor
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Abstract
A protective cover for a nasal cannula completely encloses the two prongs of the nasal cannula when properly installed. This protective cover will keep the nasal cannula from contacting potentially unclean surfaces when the nasal cannula is not in use. An optional UV light may be present in the protective cover to provide UV cleaning of the nasal cannula prongs when the cover is closed.
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A nasal cannula cover comprising:
- a top member;
- a bottom member hingedly connected to the top member;
- an enclosed space disposed interior to the top member and the bottom member when the top member is closed against the bottom member;
- at least one feed tube locator disposed along a longitudinal axis of the nasal cannula cover;
- and
- an ultraviolet light source generating ultraviolet photons within the enclosed space.
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A nasal cannula cover comprising:
- an enclosed space receiving nasal cannula prongs of a nasal cannula;
- a rotation limiting device inside the enclosed space preventing a distal end of the nasal cannula prongs from touching an inside surface of the nasal cannula cover;
- and
- an ultraviolet light source configured to irradiate at least the nasal cannula prongs of the nasal cannula.
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A nasal cannula cover comprising:
- a top member;
- a bottom member hingedly connected to the top member;
- an enclosed space disposed interior to the top member and the bottom member when the top member is closed against the bottom member;
- at least one feed tube locator disposed along a longitudinal axis of the nasal cannula cover,
- wherein the nasal cannula cover rotates substantially 360 degrees about the longitudinal axis without a distal end of nasal cannula prongs disposed within the nasal cannula cover touching an inside surface of the nasal cannula cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.