Patent ID: 8348901

Claim:
A nasal device for positioning nasogastric tubing within a patient's nose, comprising: an adapter having a proximal end, a distal end and body disposed between the proximal end and the distal end, the body having an inner surface defining a lumen that is configured to guide the nasogastric tubing within a nostril of the patient's nose, the nasal adapter further having an ellipsoidal flange extending outward from the body, the ellipsoidal flange having an outer edge, the ellipsoidal flange being configured to contact a nare of the patient's nose; a slit extending from the outer edge of the flange to the inner surface of the body; and a member operatively connected to the ellipsoidal flange, the member having a front side and a back side wherein the back side removably connects to an alar wing of the patient's nose in an angular relation with respect to the ellipsoidal flange.