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The present invention includes a retracting tubing reel for use in the delivery of therapeutic gas and a method for replacing fluid flow conduit in a retracting tubing reel used in the delivery of therapeutic gas to a patient. The retracting tubing reel comprises a housing wherein the housing includ

The present invention includes a retracting tubing reel for use in the delivery of therapeutic gas and a method for replacing fluid flow conduit in a retracting tubing reel used in the delivery of therapeutic gas to a patient. The retracting tubing reel comprises a housing wherein the housing includes at least two casing members that when mated together form an encasement for at least a portion of the retracting tubing reel. The casing members are releasably couplable to each other so that when each is disengaged from the other an interior of the housing is exposed. An inlet flow conduit passing through the housing provides fluid communication between an exterior end of the inlet flow conduit located outside the housing and an interior end of the inlet flow conduit located inside the housing. A flexible flow conduit is retractable into a coiled orientation within the housing. The flexible flow conduit is releasably couplable to the interior end of the inlet flow conduit so that the flexible flow conduit is removable from the housing while in the coiled orientation thereby facilitating the replacement of the flow conduit with another similarly coiled flow conduit.

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[ While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in this art that various modifications may be made in the embodiment without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments of the invention in which a

[ While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in this art that various modifications may be made in the embodiment without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [11.] A method for replacing fluid flow conduit in a retracting tubing reel used in the delivery of therapeutic gas to a patient, said method comprising the steps of:providing a retracting tubing reel, wherein said tubing reel comprises:a housing having at least two casing members that when mated together form an encasement for at least a portion of said retracting tubing reel;said casing members being releasably couplable to each other so that when each is disengaged from the other an interior of said housing is exposed;a flexible flow conduit for providing delivery of therapeutic gas therethrough;said flexible flow conduit being retractable into a coiled orientation within said housing and being releasably couplable to said housing;retracting said flow conduit into said housing thereby forming a flow conduit coil within said housing;disengaging said flow conduit from said housing; andremoving said flow conduit coil from said retracting tubing reel while in the coiled orientation.