Nasal cannula adapter
AssigneeInstitute For Cancer Research
InventorMark-Alan Pizzini
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Abstract
A nasal cannula adapter. The nasal cannula adapter includes a chamber having cannula clips, and a connector having an opening and a connector lumen in communication with the chamber and the opening. Systems for administering a gas to a patient comprise the nasal cannula adapter, a nasal cannula, and an airway device. Methods for administering a gas to a patient comprise administering a gas through a nasal cannula operably connected to the nasal cannula adapter operably connected to an airway device inserted into the airway of the patient.
Claims20
A nasal cannula adapter, comprising a body comprising a chamber, two cannula clips, a connector adapted to connect the nasal cannula adapter to an airway device and having a lumen in communication with the chamber and an opening at a distal end, and a bulkhead positioned substantially where the chamber intersects the lumen, wherein the bulkhead comprises two holes through the bulkhead adapted to friction fit nare prongs of a nasal cannula.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.