US 12,472,324 B2
Self-sanitizing respiratory assembly and methods of making and using the same
Stuart Heatherington, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Assigned to SNAP CPAP, LLC, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Filed by SNAP CPAP, LLC, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/527,858.
Application 18/527,858 is a continuation of application No. 16/943,386, filed on Jul. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,833,306.
Application 16/943,386 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/016478, filed on Feb. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/640,633, filed on Mar. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/627,800, filed on Feb. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0100281 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0666 (2013.01) [A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2/202 (2013.01); A61M 16/0622 (2014.02); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01); A61M 2205/02 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nasal respiratory assembly comprising:
flexible tubing connected to a fluid source, wherein the flexible tubing comprises a segment having a pair of radially directed receptacles extending from the segment, each receptacle having an exit end through which a fluid of the fluid source is dispensed; and
a pair of posts, wherein each post comprises:
a flange comprising a flat surface configured for flush engagement of an exterior portion of a nostril of a patient, wherein the flange is disposed at a first end of the post;
a main body comprising a passageway within its interior;
a connector disposed at a second end of the post on an opposite side of the main body from the flange and with a central opening sized and shaped to provide for removable insertion of the exit end of one of the receptacles;
wherein each receptacle is configured so that the exit end may be inserted fully though a respective post of the pair of posts from the second end and past the first end, when assembled; and
wherein the nasal respiratory assembly is strapless.