Patent ID: 7493902

Claim:
A nasal cannula assembly adapted to deliver gases to a patient, said cannula assembly comprising: a face mount part, including at least one nasal prong capable of being fitted into at least one of said patient's nares, a removable gases flow manifold part in use connected to and in fluid communication with said face mount part, said manifold part having a single horizontal side gases entry, said manifold part adapted for fluid communication with a gases transportation pathway in use, said gases flow manifold part capable of being connected to said face mount part in two configurations, a first configuration where said gases transportation pathway will extend to the left of said nasal cannula assembly when said gases flow manifold part is connected to said face mount part and a second configuration where said gases transportation pathway extends to the right of said nasal cannula assembly when said gases flow manifold part is connected to said face mount part, said gases flow manifold part terminating at an open recess, said face mounted part including a complementary recess, in use said open recess in said gases flow manifold part aligned with said complementary recess in said face mount part thereby providing gases flow to said at least one nasal prong and said at least one of said patient's nares.