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US 12,605,268 B2Granted
Medical device
AssigneeHorizon IP Tech, LLC
InventorJoseph V. Ierulli
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Abstract
A medical device, comprising a plastic film and a support structure, wherein the plastic film, per se, has insufficient intrinsic stability to retain a planar shape against standard gravity, the support structure supports an area of the plastic film such that at least 80% of an entire area of the plastic film is inhibited from deforming, regardless of orientation, in response to standard gravity, and the support structure is manually inseparable from the plastic film.
Claims8
An external nasal dilator comprising:
- a plastic film having insufficient intrinsic stability to retain a planar shape against standard gravity;
- a support structure that supports an area of said plastic film such that at least 80% of an entire area of said plastic film is inhibited from deforming, regardless of orientation, in response to standard gravity;
- said support structure being manually inseparable from said plastic film;
- said support structure including a resilient member that dilates nasal passages of a user's nose when the external nasal dilator is adhered to the user's nose;
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- said support structure including a support element that supports said plastic film in areas not supported by the resilient member and inhibits said plastic film from deforming therein, the support element having a plurality of fibers in crisscrossing arrangement and a stiffness that is less than 20% of a stiffness of the resilient member.
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