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US 12,383,774 B2Granted
Nasal device with air filter
OwnerYosef P. Krespi, Ron Hadani +1inventors
InventorsYosef P. Krespi, Ron Hadani, Alexander K. Arrow
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Abstract
A nasal device for filtering air breathed into a user's nose is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a nasal device includes a body sized and shaped to be secured to at least one of a user's nostrils, and a filter positioned on the body so as to be located over at least one of the user's nasal passages when the body is secured to the user's at least one nostril, wherein the filter filters air breathed into the user's at least one nasal passage when the body is secured to the user's at least one nostril.
Claims14
A nasal device comprising:
- a body configured to pinch a user's septal cartilage;
- a first filter positioned so as to be located within one of the user's nasal passages when the body pinches the user's septal cartilage;
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- a second filter positioned so as to be located within the other of the user's nasal passages when the body pinches the user's septal cartilage,
- said first and said second filters each have a thickness, and said thickness is in the range of 0.1-1 mm;
- said first and said second filters include a material selected from the group consisting of copper or a copper alloy, a ferrous metal, a non-ferrous metal, a noble metal, a heavy metal, and a metal alloy;
- a contamination indicator configured to indicate when the first or second filter has been contaminated;
- said contamination indicator includes an indication for contamination by known viruses or airborne bacteria;
- wherein the first and second filters filter air breathed into the user's nasal passages when the body pinches the user's septal cartilage.
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