Patent ID: 8701668

Claim:
A nasal assembly, comprising: a patient interface including a hollow body that defines an air chamber and a pair of nozzles supported by the hollow body, each nozzle including a conical tip structured to sealingly communicate with a respective nasal passage of a patient's nose in use; and headgear provided to the patient interface so as to maintain the patient interface in a desired position on the patient's face in use, the headgear structured to not extend across or be supported by a patient's forehead, wherein the hollow body is bendable to adjust a position of the nozzles in use, wherein the hollow body is in the form of a silicone cylindrical tube including at least one silicone cylindrical end portion structured to support a plug or a connector that supports an air delivery connecting member, wherein the headgear includes headgear straps and relatively rigid headgear yokes provided between the headgear straps and the patient interface, the headgear yokes being configured such that the headgear yokes are spaced from the patient's cheeks in use, and only the conical tip of each nozzle and a central portion of the hollow body are adapted to contact the patient's face in use, wherein the headgear yokes are contoured such that each headgear yoke is adapted to be spaced from the patient's cheek by a space to prevent contact with the patient's cheek in use, the space configured to extend from a connection of each headgear yoke to the patient interface to a portion of each headgear yoke adapted to be positioned generally above and adjacent with respect to the patient's ears in use.