Patent ID: 7735490
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A nasal cannula apparatus comprising: at least one fluid supply tube configured to convey a continuous gaseous flow therethrough, said at least one fluid supply tube having contiguously coupled thereto; a nasal insufflating member having a main body in which at least one cross-sectional dimension is greater than a cross-sectional dimension of said at least one fluid supply tube; and, at least one adjustment member configured to maintain a contiguous flow path between said at least one fluid supply tube and said nasal insufflating member; wherein said at least one adjustment member is only directly in contact with said at least one fluid supply tube; wherein said at least one adjustment member alone includes positioning memory means for setting and maintaining a discrete portion of said at least one fluid supply tube in a substantially angular orientation relative to a predominate long dimension of said at least one fluid supply tube, such that said discrete portion of said at least one fluid supply tube is positioned to avoid contact with an ear of a wearer; said at least one adjustment member is further configured to direct said discrete portion of said at least one fluid supply tube substantially across a temple area of a wearer at an oblique angle relative to said ear of said wearer; and, wherein said at least one adjustment member consists essentially of a malleable non-ferromagnetic metal member embedded longitudinally therein and disposed along said discrete portion of said at least one fluid supply tube.