Patent ID: 8210182

Claim:
A continuous positive airway pressure system, comprising: a housing forming an airway chamber, and having an air pressure inlet and an air pressure outlet, and further defining internally a pair of tapered air jets, each of said pair of tapered jets comprising a first opening fluidly coupled with said air pressure inlet and tapering to a second opening, smaller than said first opening, wherein said second opening is downstream of said first opening; a pair of tapered air receivers each disposed coaxially with one of the tapered air jets downstream of the tapered air jets, and each having a taper in an opposite direction to the direction of taper of the tapered air jets, each of said pair of tapered air receivers comprising a first opening fluidly coupled with one of said pair of tapered jets and tapering to a second opening, smaller than said first opening, wherein said second opening is downstream of said first opening, and wherein said first opening of one of said pair of tapered air receivers faces said second opening of one of said pair of tapered jets; and a pair of nasal prongs downstream of the pair of tapered air receivers.