Nasal ventilation interface

摘要

A ventilation interface may include the following elements: a cushion, shell, forehead support, supply tubes, an adapter or Y-connector and a nasal cannula, which may also include nasal inserts, and connectors. Each of the elements of the ventilation interface may also include ribs of wire, stiffener or other bendable material having a greater rigidity than the material composing the main body of each element. These bendable portions may be capable of retaining multiple desired bent shapes in multiple desired directions.

主权项

1. A respiratory interface, comprising:
a nasal interface, wherein the nasal interface comprises:
a hollow body;a nasal insert;a flange about an exterior surface of the nasal insert, the flange adapted to lodge against the interior of the naris of a user; anda shapeable rib coupled with a distal portion of the nasal insert adapted to be inserted into the nostril of the user, wherein the shapeable rib has a length and a rib cross-section normal to said length, wherein the rib cross-section is parallel to a cross-sectional shape of the nasal insert, and wherein the said cross-sectional shape of the nasal insert is adapted to be altered by the user to at least two different fixed shapes when the user reshapes the shapeable rib.