I have read somewhere that there exists an accessory that allows you to secure your CPAP air tube to your headboard.  It will even rotate with you as you turn in bed at night.  Does anyone know where I can find such an accessory?  I have looked at many web sites but found nothing like it.  Help!

idzeeboo wrote:

I have read somewhere that there exists an accessory that allows you to secure your CPAP air tube to your headboard.  It will even rotate with you as you turn in bed at night.  Does anyone know where I can find such an accessory?  I have looked at many web sites but found nothing like it.  Help!

Hi,

I have never come accross a custom built device, but there are many DIY efforts reported.
Most common appears to be a 6" nail or piece of lat, fixed to protrude from the head board. Attach to this some string and wrap a large rubber band, or piece of elastic round the hose and attach to the string. Adjust for height. Some people have used swivels and the like also. The elastic/rubber band will ensure a certain amount of free movement (required when you move from side to side) while ensuring that the hose is suspended above you.

Earlier masks, like the ResMed Mirage (don't know if it is still made) had a tape to secure the hose to your mask straps.

Daniel

I've made one for myself after not finding anything.  First, I made a wood bracket that sits over my headboard-- I have some wire bending tools and picked up some wire about the same gage as a coat hanger (but not as brittle) and worked with it a bit...  a few tight eyes so the wire can be screwed to the headboard, then some other bending so it can hold the hose.  Right now I just pass the hose over it and bend it up to hold it somwhat snuggly.  But as I desinged it (and used it for a long time) I used a rubber band to hold the hose and it was held by friction by the bent wire assembly...  this was great because if I jerked on it the rubber band would pull free.

I figure I could have the wire part made in mass very cheaply (pennies per piece)--  or custom make them by hand not so cheaply...  the hard part is comming up with a universal design turns out not to be the hose holding part, but the headboard mounting part...  There are just so many different headboard configurations...

The quick and easy method.


Buy a coat hook,  attach it to wall above your bed.  Use a hair scrunchy (elastic with cloth cover)  The hose will stay out of your way and go where you need it.  This is a very old solution and I can not take credit for it, but I use it, and it works well.

I travel to my children's houses and found that the beds have no "shelf". I resolved this by using a stand that is used for Surround Sound Speakers. I bought it at Radio Shack and it has an adjustable height tube and adjustable flat stand for the speaker width. With rubber pads the CPAP machine stays firm and I can adjust the height to fit the bed I am using. The base comes off easily and travels without paroblems.

Here is a device like what you're describing that I found at cpap.com

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I also think an IV pole would work nicely.

Our head board is a nearly 100 old 8' X 4.5' X 1.5" door resized to fit a king bed. My cpap tubing comes up outside of the 4.5' upright and is straddled by a cabinet maker's simple spring clamp mounted on the door directly over the center of my pillow. Tubing and clamp are stowed during the day. There is enough friction holding the tubing to allow easy height adjustment even in the dark. My Puritan Bennett Breeze with pillows has the head gear tube with an open clip at about the center of the top of the frame and about 12" to reach the main tubing from the cpap. While this works quite satisfactorily for me and allows fairly free movement as I change positions, there should be many other arrangements equally effective. I do think it is most helpful to arrange for the main tubing to be suspended with enough height to allow unrestricted movement.

Hello,
Maybe this link will give you an idea on what you need. scroll down to "Hose Support"

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