DEVICE FOR ELIMINATING UNRESPIRABLE SYNDROME WHILE SLEEPING

摘要

PURPOSE: To effectively cure a sleeping time unrespirable syndrome in which respiration cyclically stops during sleeping, by providing a device for filling gas under pressure through a tube so as to introduce the gas under pressure into a nostril so as to enlarge the blocked upper respiratory tract. ;CONSTITUTION: Pipes 5, 5' are connected at one end to two discharge holes formed in a compressor 4 having operation sound which is quiet so that the operation sound does not higher sleeping, and nozzles 6, 6' provided at the other end of the pipes 5, 5' are inserted to nostrils 7, 7' of the patient. During sleeping, air is fed through the nozzles 6, 6' are respiratory tact is opened so that oxygen is fed by a large volume. With this arrangement, the oxygen content in the blood in the patient having unrespirable syndrome while sleeping is prevented from lowering so as to ensure deep sleeping. This device can effectively cure a snore, and further, can effectively eliminate dozing during driving when the device is used for the driver or the like in a vehicle.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1996,JPO