A small design improvement to the SWIFT FX NASAL PILLOW MASK

[alphawaves]

Those using this type of nasal pillow mask from Resmed may have been encountering the same problem I have when I started using it: every time I turned on the opposite side left to right and vice versa the metal couplings attaching the tubing to the actual pad bend a little bit but enough to hurt my nose big time. I took the solution from the design already used for many other masks of all types. I attached a piece of fastener on top of the plastic headgear (close to the middle where you regulate the tension on top of your head). I wish I could download a picture so you get the idea easily. Just look how other masks allows you to attach the small tubing from the actual mask to the top of your head placing the tubing right between your eyes and in front of your face. It looks weird but when you sleep on your side it doesn't bother you at all. The moment I fixed the tubing like it has been done with other masks I controlled the angle of coupling between the tubing and the pillow so it could not bend the soft surface of the pillow and prevent any friction inside my nose. I know is not worth of a patent but hey! we are trying to make things comfortable here and who knows... perhaps someone from Resmed takes the idea and introduce it on the next nasal pillow releases...

It worked for me wonders. I was fed up with the damage caused by the metal coupling when I came up with the perfect solution. Before it, every time I turned to the opposite side of the bed to change my sleeping posture I woke up afraid of having my nose hurt by the darn circular metal on the juncture but now I turn many times without having to worry about my nose.

[oak]

I'm confused. Your equipment line shows you using the Swift FX but your post refers to the Swift II. I was trying to follow along but got lost. Oh well. Glad it worked for you!

[alphawaves]

Sorry!!!!! My mistake!

I am using the Swift FX nasal pillow mask. I purchased recently the wisp mask from Respironics but I have found myself in the same situation that others have in regards to the nasal congestion issue too.

I'm confused. Your equipment line shows you using the Swift FX but your post refers to the Swift II. I was trying to follow along but got lost. Oh well. Glad it worked for you!

[RogerSC]

While you can't download a picture directly here, you can upload a picture to a site like Photobucket, and put the image URL in your posting. This will cause the picture to be displayed when your posting is displayed. That's the same way that people display their sleep data graphs here.

It would be lovely if you could do this, I can't tell from your posting what sort of fastener you used, or how the tube is held at the top of the mask. One thing that does occur to me is that the top strap is supposed to be pretty loose, so it's hard for me to picture how you would do this and not interfere with the intended operation of the mask? Although the small mask tubing is pretty flexible compared to a lot of masks, so that it might not exert a lot of force on the top strap.

But I'm really wondering about the details of how you attached the tubing to the top strap? Sounds like an interesting idea, but where the rubber meets the road, and the proof of the pudding is in the details, I think *smile*.

Thanks.

[alphawaves]

While you can't download a piGreTcture directly here, you can upload a picture to a site like Photobucket, and put the image URL in your posting. This will cause the picture to be displayed when your posting is displayed. That's the same way that people display their sleep data graphs here.

It would be lovely if you could do this, I can't tell from your posting what sort of fastener you used, or how the tube is held at the top of the mask. One thing that does occidea ur to me is that the top strap is supposed to be pretty loose, so it's hard for me to picture how you would do this and not interfere with the intended operation of the mask? Although the small mask tubing is pretty flexible compared to a lot of masks, so that it might not exert a lot of force on the top strap.

But I'm really wondering about the details of how you attached the tubing to the top strap? Sounds like an interesting idea, but where the rubber meets the road, and the proof of the pudding is in the details, I think *smile*.

Thanks.

you just gave what I needed to publish here the idea. I will try to download the photo into photobucket and import it right here. Thanks!

[alphawaves]

http://s854.photobucket.com/albums/ab10 ... 20f6c5.jpg

[JeffL]

I'm glad you found a solution, but I'm having a problem understanding the problem. Wish you had a picture of how you head is resting on the pillow
I've never felt the metal thingy against my nose.

[alphawaves]

It's simple:
As you can see in the picture, where the tubing meets the soft plastic of the pillow [mask] there is a grey color round metal. its function is to stay inside the circular connection inside the plastic. If you ever saw this nasal mask you'd realized that as you move the tubing from the left to the right at the bottom >where the connection rests< the shape of the plastic making the body of the pillow also bends. the bending effect reflects in some degree against the interior side of the nose right at the base of the nose. You have to try one first and feel it.

I'm glad you found a solution, but I'm having a problem understanding the problem. Wish you had a picture of how you head is resting on the pillow
I've never felt the metal thingy against my nose.