Nasal delivery
AssigneeOptiNose AS
InventorPer Gisle Djupesland
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Abstract
A delivery device for and method of delivering a dose of substance for systemic uptake to a nasal cavity of a subject. The delivery device includes a nosepiece unit for insertion into a nasal cavity of a subject and an outlet unit which includes at least one nozzle for delivering substance for systemic uptake substantially only to surfaces in one or both of the anterior region and an anterior section of the posterior region of the nasal cavity of the subject. The delivery device also includes a substance supply unit which is operable to deliver a dose of substance to the at least one nozzle.
Claims20
A substance delivery device for delivering a first substance and a second substance to a nasal cavity of a subject for systemic uptake, the delivery device comprising:
- a nosepiece for insertion into the nasal cavity of the subject, the nosepiece including an outlet unit comprising:
- a first nozzle for delivering the first substance;
- a second nozzle for delivering the second substance;
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- a posterior nosepiece member configured to obstruct the nasal cavity and partition the nasal cavity into an anterior region and a posterior region, such that the first substance is delivered from the first nozzle to surfaces only in the anterior region and the second substance is delivered from the second nozzle to surfaces only in an anterior portion of the posterior region;
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- a substance supply unit configured to deliver the first substance to the first nozzle and the second substance to the second nozzle.
A method of delivering a first substance and a second substance to a nasal cavity of a subject for systemic uptake, the method comprising:
- inserting a nosepiece into the nasal cavity of the subject, the nosepiece including an outlet unit having:
- a first nozzle for delivering the first substance,
- a second nozzle for delivering the second substance, and
- a posterior nosepiece member configured to obstruct the nasal cavity and partition the nasal cavity into an anterior region and a posterior region;
- causing the first substance to be delivered from the first nozzle to surfaces in the anterior region;
- and
- causing the second substance to be delivered from the second nozzle to surfaces in an anterior portion of the posterior region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.