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US 2016/0235907 A1Published application
Nasal Irrigation Appliance
OwnerCarol Leeinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and methods for dispensing a sanitized saline solution for rinsing the nasal passages and sinuses. The disclosure includes methods for bulk storage of granular sodium salt mixtures (pH balanced sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate), bulk storage of water, heating and sensing elements, filtering elements, and dispensing elements. The apparatus provides controls for customizing the concentration and temperature of the dispensed saline solution, and provides for dispensing the solution into a delivery device, with a water catch basin and area for drying a delivery device after use.
Claims15
A method for preparing and dispensing a nasal irrigation solution, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an apparatus for preparing and dispensing a nasal irrigation solution, the apparatus further comprising:
- a container for bulk sodium salts,
- a storage tank for water,
- a main dispensing unit in fluid communication with the container for bulk sodium salts and the storage tank for water,
- a bulk sodium salts measurer connected to the container for bulk sodium salts to deliver a predetermined amount of sodium salt to the main dispensing unit,
- a water heating chamber in fluid communication with the water storage tank and the main dispensing unit,
- a sensor between the water heating chamber and the main dispensing unit to deliver a predetermined amount of water to the main dispensing unit,
- a filter between the storage tank for water and the main dispensing unit, the filter being capable of filtering amoeba from the water,
- a receptacle for a nasal irrigation vessel, the receptacle being positioned such that a nasal irrigation vessel receives the saline solution from the main dispensing unit, and
- at least one controller for a user of the appliance to set the parameters of the saline solution and to initiate preparation and delivery of the saline solution through the main dispensing unit, whereby the appliance prepares the saline solution in the main dispensing unit to a predetermined temperature and concentration of sodium salts and delivers the saline solution to the receptacle for the nasal irrigation vessel;
- providing the container for bulk sodium salts with predetermined amount of bulk sodium salts;
- providing the storage tank for water with predetermined amount of water;
- activating the apparatus with the controller such that the appliance prepares the saline solution in the main dispensing unit to a predetermined temperature and concentration of sodium salts and delivers the saline solution to the receptacle for the nasal irrigation vessel;
- and
- irrigating nasal passages with the saline solution from the nasal irrigation vessel.
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A method for preparing and dispensing a nasal irrigation solution, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an apparatus for preparing and dispensing a nasal irrigation solution, the apparatus further comprising:
- a container for bulk sodium salts,
- a selectively removable storage tank for water,
- a main dispensing unit in fluid communication with the container for bulk sodium salts and the storage tank for water,
- a power source connected to a pump, the pump being in fluid communication with the storage tank for water,
- a bulk sodium salts measuring sensor connected to the container for bulk sodium salts by a conveyor to deliver a predetermined amount of sodium salt to the main dispensing unit,
- a water heating chamber in fluid communication with the water storage tank and the main dispensing unit,
- a volumetric flow sensor between the water heating chamber and the main dispensing unit to deliver a predetermined amount of water to the main dispensing unit,
- a filter between the storage tank for water and the main dispensing unit, the filter being capable of filtering amoeba from the water,
- a selectively removable perforated tray having a receptacle for a nasal irrigation vessel, the receptacle being positioned such that a nasal irrigation vessel receives the saline solution from the main dispensing unit,
- a catch basin under the perforated tray, the basin having a full indicator,
- a vessel retainer, and
- at least one controller for a user of the appliance to set the parameters of the saline solution and to initiate preparation and delivery of the saline solution through the main dispensing unit, whereby the appliance prepares the saline solution in the main dispensing unit to a predetermined temperature and concentration of sodium salts and delivers the saline solution to the receptacle for the nasal irrigation vessel.
- providing the container for bulk sodium salts with predetermined amount of bulk sodium salts;
- providing the storage tank for water with predetermined amount of water;
- activating the apparatus with the controller such that the appliance prepares the saline solution in the main dispensing unit to a predetermined temperature and concentration of sodium salts and delivers the saline solution to the receptacle for the nasal irrigation vessel;
- and
- irrigating nasal passages with the saline solution from the nasal irrigation vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.