Patent ID: 6588444
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A61M,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of installing therapeutic gas tubing in an therapeutic gas safety and storage reel, including the steps of:providing a storage case having a tube inlet and a reel alignment opening; providing a length of tubing; providing a tube reel, within said case, said reel defining a case alignment opening and comprising a barrel portion defining a tube opening, a hub, and a tube passage between said tube opening and hub, said hub defining the exterior opening of said tube passage, said reel disposed to carry tubing; aligning said case tube inlet and said barrel tube opening by manipulating said reel and aligning said reel alignment opening with said case alignment opening, respectively on said case and reel; inserting said tubing into said aligned case tube inlet and said reel tube opening, manipulating said length of tubing through said tube passage to said hub for connection to an external source of therapeutic gas.