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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible for a patient of home oxygen therapy to continue receiving treatment safely and comfortably by eliminating inconvenience in handling of an oxygen supply tube in the patient's residence. Ž<P>SOLUTION: Oxygen piping lines 3, 3, ..., are preliminarily installed between an oxygen source 2 in the patient's residence and all the possible rooms or seats in the residence where the patient may go (referred to as destinations hereafter), and at a terminal connection part of a nasal cavity tube or an oxygen mask 1 and a terminal of the oxygen piping line, connectors a, b, ..., j with a self-closing valves which are instantaneously connectable with each other are respectively provided. When the patient moves to a desired destination, the nasal cavity tube or the like 1 is connected to the oxygen piping line 3 at the destination, so that supply of oxygen is receivable. The connector a is a female connector, while the connectors b, c, ..., j, are each a male connector with the self-closing valve. The connectors 1 and the connectors b, c, ..., j are instantaneously connectable with each other respectively. Ž<P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT Ž
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