Patent ID: 7578294

Claim:
A nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) device for use with an nCPAP system, the device comprising: a generator body defining a patient side and an exhaust side, and forming first and second fluid flow circuits each including: a tube defining: a passageway forming an axial centerline, a proximal end at which the passageway is open to the patient side, a distal end at which the passageway is open to the exhaust side; first and second nozzles associated with the tube and each defining: an inlet end open to a fluid supply, an outlet end open to the passageway, wherein each nozzle is adapted to emit a fluid jetstream from the outlet end along a flow direction axis; wherein with respect to each of the first and second flow circuits, the flow direction axes of the corresponding first and second nozzles are non-parallel relative to each other and relative to the corresponding passageway axial centerline.