Patent ID: 7080645
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of reducing snoring during sleeping comprising: providing a compressor and a tube connected to said compressor; providing a snore-reducing nasal air cannula connected to said tube; attaching said snore-reducing nasal air cannula to a sleeping person's nose; feeding compressed air from said compressor through said tube to said snore-reducing air cannula and thereby to said sleeping person's nose; and wherein said snore-reducing cannula comprises an outlet said outlet having a jacket pipe, wherein said jacket pipe has an end near said sleeping person's nose and said end is configured so that during operation it seals substantially tightly said sleeping person's nose, and wherein a nozzle is configured in the jacket pipe, said nozzle allowing blowing air toward said end of the jacket pipe near said sleeping person's nose and wherein said jacket pipe further comprises an inside wall having a narrowing between said nozzle and said end near said sleeping person's nose and then flaring out from said narrowing toward said end near said sleeping person's nose and thereby forming a diffusor.