US 11,883,602 B2
Respiratory assembly
Stuart Heatherington, Chapel Hill, NC (US); and Stanley S. Coe, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to Snap CPAP, LLC, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Filed by Snap Cpap, LLC, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/533,495.
Application 17/533,495 is a continuation of application No. 16/392,529, filed on Apr. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,207,484.
Application 16/392,529 is a continuation of application No. 14/876,099, filed on Oct. 6, 2015, granted, now 10,265,493, issued on Apr. 23, 2019.
Application 14/876,099 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/672,946, filed on Nov. 9, 2012, granted, now 9,149,595, issued on Oct. 6, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/562,056, filed on Nov. 21, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080149 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 16/08 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/097 (2006.01); A61M 16/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0825 (2014.02) [A61B 5/082 (2013.01); A61B 5/097 (2013.01); A61M 16/0493 (2014.02); A61M 16/0666 (2013.01); A61M 16/0688 (2014.02); A61M 16/0816 (2013.01); A61M 16/0875 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0661 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nasal assembly comprising:
a pair of tubes, each in gaseous communication with a hose or a fluid source;
a pair of posts, each post including:
a flange that defines an opening therein, the openings in gaseous communication with each corresponding tube of the pair of tubes;
a pressure sensitive adhesive applied to each flange and configured for sealably engaging a patient's nare such that each post and the pressure sensitive adhesive does not extend into a respective nostril of the patient when the pressure sensitive adhesive is engaged with the patient's nare, and
wherein the pair of tubes and the hose or fluid source are integrally formed.