Nasal irrigation fitting

A fitting for nasal irrigation operatively engaging an oral irrigation wand connected to an oral irrigation device, the oral irrigation device providing a pulsating flow of fluid through the oral irrigation wand, the fitting comprising:

• a body comprising an oral irrigation wand orifice, the oral irrigation wand being receivable therein, and a nasal interface orifice, the oral irrigation wand orifice and the nasal interface orifice having a fluid connection therebetween;
• a chamber provided in the body, the chamber having a volume at least as great as a first volume;
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• the oral irrigation device causes the fluid to pulsate through the oral irrigation wand at a first frequency, into the chamber and through the nasal interface orifice, and wherein the first volume of the chamber acts as a reservoir which dampens the pulsation of the fluid emanating from the oral irrigation wand such that the frequency of the pulsation is not greater than the first frequency and such that the amount of change of the amplitude of the pulsation of the fluid is decreased, such that the pulsation of the fluid exiting through the nasal interface orifice is less staccato than the pulsation of the fluid emanating from the oral irrigation wand.

A method of performing nasal irrigation, utilizing an oral irrigation wand and a fitting, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) Inserting the oral irrigation wand having a first oral irrigation tip orifice with a first diameter into the fitting, said fitting comprising an oral irrigation wand orifice and a nasal interface orifice, the oral irrigation wand orifice and the nasal interface orifice having a fluid connection therebetween, wherein said nasal interface orifice comprises a second diameter;
• b) Placing the fitting in a nostril having a longitudinal axis along a midsagittal plane, such that a first longitudinal axis of the fitting is substantially parallel to a second longitudinal axis of the nostril;
• c) Engaging the oral irrigation device such that fluid flows from the oral irrigation device, into the oral irrigation wand, through the oral irrigation tip orifice having a first diameter, into the fitting and then out the nasal interface orifice, wherein the second diameter of the nasal interface orifice is greater than the first diameter of the oral irrigation tip orifice;
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• d) Irrigating the nostril with the fluid emanating from the nasal interface orifice.

A method of performing nasal irrigation using a fitting that operatively engages a plurality of oral irrigation wands, said plurality of oral irrigation wands comprising at least a first oral irrigation wand having a first length and a first oral irrigation tip orifice, wherein the first oral irrigation tip orifice comprises a first diameter, said plurality of oral irrigation wands further comprising a second oral irrigation wand having a second length and a second oral irrigation tip orifice, having a second diameter, wherein the first diameter does not equal the second diameter and the first length does not equal the second length, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) Inserting the first oral irrigation wand into a fitting, said fitting comprising an oral irrigation wand orifice and a nasal interface orifice, the oral irrigation wand orifice and the nasal interface orifice having a fluid connection therebetween, wherein said nasal interface orifice comprises a third diameter;
• and wherein said third diameter is greater than the first diameter and wherein said third diameter is greater than the second diameter;
• b) Placing the fitting in a nostril;
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• c) Engaging the oral irrigation device into which either a first oral irrigation wand or a second oral irrigation wand is selectively inserted, such that fluid either flows from the oral irrigation device, and out the first oral irrigation tip orifice when the first oral irrigation wand is inserted into the fitting, or such that the fluid flows from the oral irrigation device, out the second oral irrigation tip orifice when the second oral irrigation wand is inserted into the fitting;
• wherein the fluid then flows into the fitting, and out through the nasal interface orifice to irrigate the nostril.

A method of performing nasal irrigation, utilizing an oral irrigation wand and a fitting, having a conduit and a chamber in communication with the conduit, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) Preventing an oral irrigation tip orifice of an oral irrigation wand of an oral irrigation device from touching a nostril or nasal secretions by inserting the oral irrigation wand into the chamber of the fitting, wherein the fitting comprises a nasal interface orifice in communication with the conduit;
• b) Inserting the fitting into a nostril;
• c) Engaging an oral irrigation device such that fluid flows from the oral irrigation device and through the oral irrigation wand, out the oral irrigation tip orifice, into the chamber, into the conduit and then out through the nasal interface orifice to irrigate the nostril;
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• d) Removing the oral irrigation wand from the fitting.

A fitting for performing nasal irrigation using an oral irrigation wand having an oral irrigation tip orifice comprising:

• a fitting having an oral irrigation wand orifice and a nasal interface orifice;
• said fitting further comprising a first longitudinal axis and a conduit;
• wherein the fitting comprises a swept shape suitable for insertion into a nostril, the nostril having a second longitudinal axis along a midsagittal plane, wherein the first longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the second longitudinal axis when the fitting is inserted into the nostril;
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• a chamber in communication with the conduit that prevents the oral irrigation tip orifice from touching a nostril surface or matter contained in the nostril when the oral irrigation wand is inserted in the fitting.

A nasal irrigation system for decreasing a velocity of a fluid emanating from an oral irrigation tip orifice of an oral irrigation wand of an oral irrigation device, such that the velocity is suitable for nasal irrigation, the system comprising:

• a nasal irrigation system wherein a fluid flows from an oral irrigation device, through an oral irrigation wand, then out of a nasal interface orifice and into a nostril, wherein the oral irrigation wand has an oral irrigation tip orifice;
• the fitting comprising an oral irrigation wand orifice and the nasal interface orifice, the oral irrigation wand orifice and the nasal interface orifice having a fluid connection therebetween;
• wherein a first diameter of the nasal interface orifice is greater than a second diameter of an oral irrigation tip orifice;
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• wherein a first velocity of a fluid exiting through the oral irrigation tip orifice is greater than a second velocity of a fluid exiting through a nasal interface orifice when a first volume flow rate of a fluid passing through the oral irrigation tip orifice is equal to a second volume flow rate of a fluid passing through the nasal interface orifice.

A nasal irrigation system for decreasing a velocity of a fluid emanating from an oral irrigation tip orifice of an oral irrigation wand of an oral irrigation device, such that the velocity is suitable for nasal irrigation, the system comprising:

• a fluid stream flowing from an oral irrigation device, through an oral irrigation wand having an oral irrigation tip orifice, wherein the fluid emanating from the oral irrigation tip orifice comprises a first velocity;
• a structure for receiving said fluid, the structure comprising a nasal interface orifice;
• wherein a fluid stream flow through the nasal interface orifice has a second velocity, and wherein the second velocity is less than the first velocity;
• wherein the structure for receiving the fluid comprises means for decreasing the first velocity, and wherein said means for decreasing the first velocity is not adjustable when the oral irrigation wand is inserted in the fitting;
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• and wherein the structure is engageable and disengageable with a wand of an oral irrigation device, such that the oral irrigation wand can be inserted into the structure and removed from the structure.

A nasal irrigation system for decreasing a velocity of a fluid emanating from an oral irrigation tip orifice of an oral irrigation wand of an oral irrigation device, wherein the nasal irrigation system comprises a fitting, and wherein a plurality of oral irrigation wands can be inserted into the fitting, said nasal irrigation system comprising:

• a fitting having a first longitudinal axis comprised of a material suitable for insertion into a nostril having a second longitudinal axis, wherein the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis are substantially parallel when the fitting is inserted into the nostril;
• a chamber provided in the fitting, the chamber having a volume at least as great as a first volume such that a plurality of oral irrigation wands can be selectively inserted into the chamber;
• a plurality of oral irrigation wands of one or more oral irrigation devices comprising a first oral irrigation wand with a first length and a first oral irrigation tip orifice with a first diameter and a second oral irrigation wand with a second length and a second oral irrigation tip orifice with a second diameter, wherein the first length and a first diameter are not equal to the second length and the second diameter;
• the fitting having an oral irrigation wand orifice and a nasal interface orifice, wherein the oral irrigation orifice and the nasal interface orifice have a fluid connection therebetween;
• the nasal interface orifice comprising a third diameter, wherein the third diameter is greater than the first diameter and the second diameter of the first oral irrigation wand and the second oral irrigation wand, respectively;
• wherein the chamber prevents the first oral irrigation tip orifice from touching the nostril when the first oral irrigation wand is inserted into the chamber and wherein the chamber prevents the second oral irrigation tip orifice from touching the nostril when the second oral irrigation wand is inserted into the chamber;
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• and wherein said nasal irrigation system is suitable for nasal irrigation when a fluid emanates from a nasal irrigation device, through one of a plurality of oral irrigation wands, through one of a plurality of oral irrigation tip orifices, through the chamber of the fitting, out the nasal interface orifice and into the nostril.