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US 2015/0066071 A1Published application
Nasal dilator and bougie
AssigneeSimplicity, Inc.
InventorsIan J. Alexander, Brian D. Owens
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Abstract
A nasal dilator and bougie is disclosed. The dilator includes, for example, an elongated member terminating in an end and a slidable member having a terminal end movable to the end of the elongated member in a first position. A dilation portion at the end of the elongated member has a first diameter and a second diameter greater than the first diameter when the slidable member is in the first position. An actuator can move the slidable member.
Claims20
A nasal dilator, comprising:
- an elongated member terminating in an end;
- a slidable member having a terminal end movable to the end of the elongated member in a first position;
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- a dilation portion at the end of the elongated member, the dilation portion having a first diameter and a second diameter greater than the first diameter when the slidable member is in the first position.
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A nasal dilator with bougie, comprising:
- a shaft terminating in a tip;
- a slidable bougie having a dilation end movable from a retracted position to at least the tip of the shaft in a dilation position;
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- the nasal dilator having a first diameter at the tip in the retracted position and a second diameter at the tip greater than the first diameter in the dilation position.
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A nasal dilation method, comprising:
- providing an elongated member terminating in an end and a slidable member having a terminal end;
- moving the slidable member to a first position at the end of the elongated member;
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- changing a dilation portion at the end of the elongated member from a first diameter to a second diameter greater than the first diameter by moving the slidable member to the first position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.