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US 2003/0150449 A1Published application
Adhesive strip for opening nasal passages
AssigneeOmnitek Partners LLC
InventorsThomas Spinelli, Jahangir S. Rastegar
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AssigneeOmnitek Partners LLC
InventorsThomas Spinelli, Jahangir S. Rastegar
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A device for opening nasal passages is provided. The device including: a strip of material having an adhesive on one surface thereof for applying the strip across a human nose; at least one biasing member attached or embedded in the strip, the at least one biasing member being fabricated from a material which exhibits a shape memory effect upon being heated toward a human body temperature, the at least one biasing member having a shape upon being heated toward the human body temperature which biases the nasal passages of the human nose toward an open position. In a variation of the device, the strip itself is at least partly fabricated from the material. In another variation, the shape memory material is replaced with a biasing material, which does not need the application of heat to bias the nasal passages open, such as spring steel or a resilient thermoplastic.
A device for opening nasal passages, the device comprising:
A device for opening nasal passages, the device comprising:
A device for opening nasal passages, the device comprising:
The device of claim 11, wherein the biasing member is fabricated from spring steel.
A device for opening nasal passages, the device comprising:
A method for opening nasal passages, the method comprising:
A method for opening nasal passages, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.