IP Library Granted Patent US 12667273
Granted Patent B2
US 12667273 · App. 18/180,473 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Nasal adapter

Inventors: Takayuki Aoyagi (Tokorozawa, JP); Toshiki Aoki (Tokorozawa, JP); Kenichiro Kabumoto (Tokorozawa, JP); Fumihiko Takatori (Tokorozawa, JP); Yuya Baba (Tokorozawa, JP)
Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
A61B5/0836A61B5/097A61M16/0672A61M2230/432
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12667273
App. No.
18/180,473
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nasal adapter includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a mouth exhalation guide portion having a facing portion facing a mouth of a living body and formed with a mouth-side guide path for guiding exhaled breath exhaled from the mouth to the facing portion, a base portion disposed above the mouth exhalation guide portion with respect to the living body, and a cuttable portion integrally formed with the mouth exhalation guide portion and the base portion. The cuttable portion disconnectably connects the mouth exhalation guide portion to the base portion. The base portion is fixed to the second portion. The first portion is detachably connected to the second portion at a connecting section below the cuttable portion with respect to the living body.

Claims (38)

1 . A nasal adapter comprising:

a first portion and a second portion, wherein

the first portion includes:

a mouth exhalation guide portion having a facing portion configured to face a mouth of a face of a living body and formed with a mouth-side guide path configured to guide exhaled breath exhaled from the mouth to the facing portion;

a base portion configured to be disposed above the mouth exhalation guide portion with respect to the living body; and

a cuttable portion integrally formed with the mouth exhalation guide portion and the base portion,

the cuttable portion disconnectably connects the mouth exhalation guide portion to the base portion,

the base portion is fixed to the second portion,

the first portion is detachable from the second portion at a connecting section below the cuttable portion with respect to the living body, and

wherein the cuttable portion has a notch configured to face toward the face of the living body in use.

2 . The nasal adapter according to claim 1 , wherein

the cuttable portion is capable of being torn off due to thinness.

3 . The nasal adapter according to claim 2 , wherein

the cuttable portion is formed to be narrower in a right-left direction with respect to the living body than portions of the mouth exhalation guide portion and the base portion near the cuttable portion.

4 . The nasal adapter according to claim 1 , wherein

the cuttable portion connects the mouth exhalation guide portion to the base portion so as to be cuttable at two points, right and left, on an upper side of the mouth exhalation guide portion with respect to the living body.

5 . The nasal adapter according to claim 1 , wherein

connecting sections are provided on right and left sides of the mouth exhalation guide portion with respect to the living body, the connecting sections including the connecting section.

6 . The nasal adapter according to claim 1 , wherein

in the mouth exhalation guide portion, the connecting section is provided near the cuttable portion.

7 . The nasal adapter according to claim 1 , wherein

the facing portion of the mouth exhalation guide portion is connected to the connecting section by a bendable portion on an opposite side of the connecting portion from the cuttable portion, and

a posture of the facing portion is capable of being changed by changing bending of the bendable portion to adjust a distance between the mouth of the living body and the facing portion.

8 . The nasal adapter according to claim 7 , wherein

the cuttable portion is formed to cut more easily than the bendable portion.

9 . The nasal adapter according to claim 1 , wherein

the first portion and the second portion are separately formed.

10 . The nasal adapter according to claim 1 , wherein

the first portion and the second portion are integrally formed.

11 . A nasal adapter comprising:

a first portion and a second portion which are integrally formed, wherein

the first portion includes:

a mouth exhalation guide portion having a facing portion configured to face a mouth of a face of a living body and formed with a mouth-side guide path configured to guide exhaled breath exhaled from the mouth to the facing portion;

a base portion configured to be disposed above the mouth exhalation guide portion with respect to the living body; and

a cuttable portion integrally formed with the mouth exhalation guide portion and the base portion,

the cuttable portion disconnectably connects the mouth exhalation guide portion to the base portion,

the base portion is fixed to the second portion, and

the first portion is detachable from the second portion at a connecting section below the cuttable portion with respect to the living body.