Patent ID: 11872347
Assignee: FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A patient interface comprising:
a nasal cannula comprising a gases delivery mechanism and a body,
a pair of side arms extending from the body, and
a continuous section of material extending along each of the pair of side arms and connecting in a region of the gases delivery mechanism extending through the body to connect the pair of side arms,
wherein the pair of side arms are configured to, in-use, encourage translation or location or re-locating or distribution or re-distribution of a force or a tension applied by a headgear to the nasal cannula, to a user's cheeks and away from a user's nasal spine region or away from the force or tension being applied to the user's nasal spine region.