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

Claim 13:
14. 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 pair of hollow elbows, each of the pair of hollow elbows comprising a flange disposed at a sheet end thereof and a slip ring, the slip ring coupled to the flange about an outer circumferential perimeter portion,
wherein the slip ring comprises:
magnet having a channel therethrough and an outer perimeter surface distal from the channel, and
the magnet being 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, and
the 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 channel of the magnet and the passage of one of the ferromagnetic rings connected on an opposed second side.