Nasal bridle insertion device

A nasal bridle insertion device including:

• an elongated insertion guide made of flexible resilient material of a size suitable for insertion in a nasal passage, the guide being switchable between an insertion configuration and an introduction configuration, and comprising an internal lumen extending along the guide to an exit aperture at a distal end of a tip portion, and
• an introducer comprising a bendable, elongate body having a smooth shape on a leading end thereof and a low-profile join to a length of bridle tape at a trailing end thereof;
• the smooth shape having a diameter that is larger than the exit aperture;
• wherein the introducer is fitted within the internal lumen of the guide with the smooth shape protruding from the exit aperture;
• when the guide is arranged in the insertion configuration, the tip portion is substantially straight, in line with a longitudinal axis of the guide;
• and
• when the guide is arranged in the introduction configuration, the tip portion is hook-shaped such that the internal lumen provides a channel through the tip portion to the exit aperture at its distal end, the exit aperture thereby being displaced laterally from the longitudinal axis of the guide;
• such that when the guide with the fitted introducer is inserted in a first nasal passage such that the exit aperture is positioned above a nasal septum, adoption of the introduction configuration results in the channel and the fitted introducer extending around the nasal septum into a second nasal passage, whereby the introducer exiting the exit aperture is guided above and beyond the septum and directly enters the second nasal passage.