Oxygen therapy equipment with a device for respiratory assistance without a nose tube

US6439235B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme à Directoire et Conseil de Surveillance pour l'Étude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude · FR

Inventors

• Christian Larquet · Guyancourt, FR
• Bruno Marie · Tarare, FR
• Alain Villermet · Viroflay, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 27, 2002
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2202/03
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A portable device for administering a gas. The device can supply at least one nostril of a user with at least part of a gas. The device includes at least one gas distribution nozzle and a support, with which the at least one gas distribution nozzle is supported or held in position on the face of the user. The at least one gas distribution nozzle is held along at least part of the outer wall or surface of the nose or cheeks of the user, when the device is positioned on the head or the face of the user. The at least one nozzle is outside the user's nostrils.