Salter-Style Nasal Cannulas & Oxygen Tubing

For anyone using supplemental oxygen at home or in a care setting, the cannula is the piece that touches the skin for hours at a time — so comfort, tubing length, and kink resistance matter as much as flow delivery. This Salter-Style collection centers on SunMed's 1600 Series nasal cannulas, the familiar over-the-ear, one-piece design modeled on the original Salter Labs cannula that clinicians and oxygen patients have relied on for years.

The SunMed Salter-Style 1600 Series Nasal Cannulas are anatomically curved, seamless, and lightweight, with curved non-flared prongs sized for low-flow delivery up to 6 LPM. Because they're a single continuous piece, there's no rigid connector to press against the face. What varies most across the line is supply tube length: you can choose a short 4-foot line for a portable concentrator, or 7, 14, and 25-foot O2 lines when a patient needs room to move around a bedroom or living space without dragging equipment. Every version uses 3-channel safety tubing that resists kinking, so oxygen keeps flowing even if the line is pinched under a chair leg or crimped at a doorway.

Two comfort-focused options round out the range. The Salter Soft High-Flow Cannulas (16SOFT-HF-7-25) are latex-free and designed for higher flow needs with softer material against the nose, while the standard 1600 cannulas suit routine low-flow therapy. Need to extend a run? The SunMed 2-inch Oxygen Tubing Connector (2005-0-50) joins two lengths of tubing so you can reach farther without buying an entirely new setup.

If a patient does better with a facepiece rather than nasal prongs, see the related TLCannula Salter-Style cannulas, which use foam-cushioned facepieces for flows up to 3 LPM. These products are single-patient, non-sterile items intended for personal use; most caregivers keep spares on hand and replace cannulas regularly for hygiene and consistent flow.