Patent ID: 7669595

Claim:
A junction device for connecting an oxygen supply and a nebulizer to a patient mask, said device comprising: a supply conduit being couplable to the oxygen supply and the patient mask to allow oxygen from the oxygen supply to be supplied to the patient mask; a side conduit being coupled to and being in fluid communication with said supply conduit, said side conduit extending substantially orthogonal to said supply conduit; an elbow conduit being rotatably coupled to said side conduit opposite said supply conduit, said elbow conduit being couplable to the nebulizer to permit treatments from the nebulizer to flow through said elbow conduit and said side conduit into the oxygen being supplied to the patient mask; and a valve assembly being positioned in said elbow conduit between said side conduit and the nebulizer, said valve assembly opening to permit the treatments from the nebulizer to flow into said elbow conduit when air pressure from the nebulizer is greater than an air pressure in said supply conduit, said valve assembly closing to inhibit the treatments from entering said elbow conduit when the air pressure in said supply conduit is greater than the air pressure from the nebulizer.