Patent ID: 8813746

Claim:
A nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) device for lowering patient work-of-breathing, said nCPAP device comprising: inspiratory tubing in fluid communication with at least two nasal prongs; expiratory tubing; and a generator body coupled with said inspiratory tubing and said expiratory tubing, said generator body comprising: at least two jets configured for receiving gas from said inspiratory tubing and directing, via a jet flow, said gas towards said at least two nasal prongs; and a flow enhancer configured for redirecting said jet flow, said flow enhancer comprising: a gas manager configured for channeling said jet flow towards a jet impingement point via at least two jet paths; a fluidic flip trigger configured for triggering a fluidic flip of channeled gas back towards said expiratory tubing by directing a first portion of exhaled patient breath towards said jet impingement point along a first pathway; and an isolated pathway manager configured for directing a second portion of said exhaled patient breath along a second pathway extending around an outer wall of said flow enhancer within said generator body to said expiratory tubing, said second pathway isolated from said first pathway.