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US 2012/0059311 A1Published application
Portable therapeutic gas dispensing device
AssigneeCapnia, Inc.
InventorScott Jay GILBERT
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Abstract
Described here are hand-held dispensers for intranasally delivering a therapeutic gas such as carbon dioxide to a user. The dispensers generally include a compressed gas cylinder, a pierce pin block, a valve, a regulator tube and a nosepiece. The regulator tube regulates both the pressure and flow of the gas out of the dispenser.
Claims30
A hand-held dispenser comprising:
- a regulator tube having an inlet end, an outlet end, and a length therebetween, and further having an internal diameter;
- a compressed gas cylinder comprising a therapeutic gas;
- a valve coupled to the gas cylinder and the inlet end of the regulator tube;
- and
- a nosepiece coupled to the outlet end of the regulator tube.
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A method for intranasally delivering a therapeutic gas to user comprising:
- inserting a hand-held dispenser into a nostril of a user, the dispenser comprising
- a regulator tube having an inlet end, an outlet end, and a length therebetween, and further having an internal diameter;
- a compressed gas cylinder comprising a therapeutic gas;
- a valve coupled to the gas cylinder and the inlet end of the regulator tube;
- and
- a nosepiece coupled to the outlet end of the regulator tube;
- and
- actuating the valve to selectively discharge the therapeutic gas from the compressed gas cylinder through the regulator tube and the nosepiece,
- wherein the regulator tube regulates the flow and pressure of the therapeutic gas released from the compressed gas cylinder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.