Patent ID: 11925760
Assignee: SNAP CPAP, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A nasal respiratory assembly comprising:
a pair of sheets, each sheet defining an opening sized and shaped to fit over a nostril of a patient, with a ferromagnetic ring positioned at an underside of the sheet and circumferentially aligned with the opening having a passage in fluid communication with the opening, with an upper side of the sheet configured for sealable engagement with the nostril; and
a connector comprising:
a flange disposed at a sheet end thereof; and
a pair of slip rings, each of the slip rings coupled to the flange about an outer circumferential perimeter portion,
wherein each of the slip rings comprises:
a magnet having a channel therethrough and an outer perimeter surface distal from the channel, and
the magnet pivotally connected relative to the circumferential perimeter portion through an inner flexible sheet member disposed between and secured to the outer circumferential perimeter portion and the outer perimeter surface of the magnet,
each magnet sized and shaped to be removably attachable to one of the ferromagnetic rings to form a substantially airtight connection therewith, and

an inlet at a vent end that is in fluid communication with a flexible tubing connected to a fluid source on a first side, and the inlet is further in fluid communication with the opening of each of the pair of sheets through the channel of one of the magnets and a passage of one of the ferromagnetic rings on an opposed second side.