Patent ID: 6899102

Claim:
A method of securing nasal cannula to a wearer's head, the method comprising: providing a nasal cannula on a wearer, the nasal cannula having a nosepiece and oxygen-conduit right and left cannula tubes extending from the nosepiece, by placing the nosepiece in the wearer's nostril's and looping the right and left cannula tubes over right and left ears of the wearer, down behind the ears, forward above the shoulders, and to the wearer's front chest; securing the cannula tubes by attaching a securement strap to the right and left cannula tubes at a location on the tubes between a portion of the tubes looping over the ears and a portion of the tubes where the tubes extend over the shoulders so that the strap extends between the tubes behind the neck in a hollow generally between the wearer's head and neck; and tightening the securement strap to prevent the cannula tubes from falling off of the ears.