Patent ID: 8851072
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A device for delivering supplemental oxygenated air toward a person's face without covering the person's nose and mouth, comprising: a supplemental oxygenated air diffusion body made from polymer, metal, or, rigid material and being frustroconicoidal so as to define an interior passageway extending between an inlet end and an outlet end of the diffusion body, the outlet end having an enlarged diffusion opening that is larger than an inlet opening at the inlet end; a rigid inlet stem, in fluid communication with the inlet opening, integrally attached to and non-bendably extending from the inlet end of the diffusion body, the inlet stem having a length, diameter, and taper that facilitate insertion into a standard female coupling end of an oxygenated air supply hose; one or more ribs or recesses formed on an outer surface of the inlet stem and adapted to mechanically engage an inner surface of the standard female coupling end of the oxygenated air supply hose; one or more rigid flanges integrally formed with and extending laterally from an exterior surface of the diffusion body; one or more holes or slits formed in the one or more rigid flanges; and one or more accessory patient attachment devices adapted for releasable attachment to the one or more rigid flanges of the diffusion device, wherein each patient attachment device includes a strap looped through one of the one or more holes or slits and a spring loaded clamp adapted for removable attachment to clothing.