Nasal Congestion, Obstruction Relief, and Drug Delivery
AssigneeSanostec Corp.
InventorsErnest Santin, Louise S. MacDonald, Scott D. MacDonald
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Abstract
A nasal insert may include a wall in the shape of a tube, the wall including a first end defining a first orifice and a second end defining a second orifice. The first end may have a diameter, diagonal measurement, or cross-sectional area larger than that of the second end. The first end may define at least one break in the wall, so that the first end incompletely encircles the first orifice. The second end may completely encircle the second orifice.
Claims20
A nasal insert comprising a wall in the shape of a tube, the wall including a first end defining a first orifice and a second end defining a second orifice, and wherein:
- the first end has a diameter, diagonal measurement, or cross-sectional area larger than that of the second end;
- the first end further defines at least one break in the wall, so that the first end incompletely encircles the first orifice;
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- the second end completely encircles the second orifice.
A nasal insert comprising a wall in the shape of a tube, the wall including a first end defining a first orifice and a second end defining a second orifice, and wherein:
- the first end has a diameter, diagonal measurement, or cross-sectional area larger than that of the second end;
- the first end includes at least one thinned or webbed portion that is more flexible that the rest of the first end;
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- the second end completely encircles the second orifice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.