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US 12,251,359 B2Granted
Disposable nasal and eye wash dispenser
OwnerGary J. Pontecorvoinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for rinsing sinuses or eyes, comprising a hand crushable container containing saline solution, and a dispenser configured to make a liquid tight seal with the container at one end, and a liquid tight seal with a nostril or an eye socket at the other end.
Claims8
A method for rinsing a sinus comprising:
- providing an apparatus configured for rinsing the sinus, the apparatus comprising:
- a collapsible container configured to containing saline solution, the container having a port through which the saline solution is configured to flow when the container is depressed;
- a barrier located inside the container, wherein prior to a breach of the barrier, said barrier separates a solvent comprising distilled water from a solute comprising sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate;
- the saline solution, comprising the distilled water, the sodium chloride, and the sodium bicarbonate;
- and
- a dispenser head with a nostril end configured to form a liquid tight seal with a nostril;
- breaching the barrier separating the solute and solvent;
- responsive to the breaching, dissolving the solute and solvent to create the saline solution;
- pressing the nostril end of the dispenser head against a nostril;
- and
- depressing the container to push the saline solution out of the container through the dispenser and onto a surface of the sinus.
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A method for rinsing an eye comprising:
- providing an apparatus configured for rinsing the eye, the apparatus comprising:
- a container configured to contain saline solution, the container having a port through which the saline solution is configured to flow when the container is depressed;
- a barrier located inside the container wherein prior to a breach of the barrier, said barrier separates a solvent comprising distilled water from a solute comprising sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate;
- the saline solution, comprising the distilled water, the sodium chloride, and the sodium bicarbonate;
- and
- a dispenser head with an eye cup end configured to form a liquid tight seal with the eye;
- breaching the barrier separating the solute and solvent;
- responsive to the breaching, dissolving the solute and solvent to create the saline solution;
- pressing the dispenser head against an eye socket;
- and
- depressing the container to push the saline solution out of the container through the dispenser and onto a surface of the eye.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.