Patent ID: 7814911

Claim:
A nares seal comprising: a connector having an air orifice formed therethrough; first and second laterally spaced delivery tubes connecting with said air orifice and defining between them a generally triangular open space which extends, when in use, downwardly laterally around at least a portion of a nose of a patient and to a point below the nose of said patient, said delivery tubes including transition regions which curve obliquely inward toward one another and under nares of said patient; first and second nostril tubes connected with said delivery tubes for insertion into the nares of a patient; and wire support for said laterally spaced tubes extending from the connector and attached along at least a portion of the length of the first laterally spaced delivery tube between the connector and the first nostril tube, and attached along at least a portion of the length of the second laterally spaced delivery tube and second nostril tube.