Cannula Support Device

Inventors Mary A. Preston and Cynthia M. Muchacho of Minot, NDhave developed a simple attachment to provide comfort for oxygen users. 

Anyone who has ever used oxygen orother gases can attest to how uncomfortable it is wearing the tube.  They can often be seen fidgeting with theoxygen tube, or nasal cannula, that is inserted in their nose.  The cause of their discomfort usually stemsfrom the cannula tubing that is routed behind their ears, as this tubing isrelatively hard in nature and causes pressure on the ear and cheek area,especially after prolonged periods of use. Some care providers take foam padding and tape it to the ear pieces tohelp alleviate this discomfort.  However,the foam padding often falls out of place and is essentially useless, inaddition to being bulky and uncomfortable. Inventors Preston and Muchacho have created an attachment fornasal cannulas which helps to provide comfort to the ear and cheek areas of theoxygen user.