# US 2017/0281918 A1 · Nasal Dilator

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- Number: US 2017/0281918 A1
- Document ID: US20170281918A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/476,048
- Filed: 2017-03-31
- Published: 2017-10-05
- Earliest claimed: 2016-03-31
- Inventors: Erich Gross
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170281918A1

## CPC

- A61M 29/00: Dilators with or without means for introducing media, e.g. remedies
- A61F 2230/0069: cylindrical
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

A nasal dilator. The nasal dilator includes a hollow, tubular body having open first and second ends that allows air to pass through. The tubular body is adapted to be positioned within a user's nostril, or nasal passageway, to maintain or increase the capacity to breathe through one's nostrils. The tubular body includes apertures positioned at intervals that allow hair and other nasal objects to extend within the tubular body. These apertures provide comfort in use. The nasal dilator remains within the nostril by friction fit, and may be selectively utilized in either, or both nostrils.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A nasal dilator, comprising:
a tubular body including an open first end in fluid communication with an open second end;
wherein the tubular body is hollow and dimensioned to be received by a nostril;
one or more traverse apertures disposed annularly about the tubular body;
wherein the tubular body has a uniform circular cross-section that extends along an entire length thereof.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The nasal dilator of claim 1, wherein the tubular body is rigid.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The nasal dilator of claim 1, wherein the tubular body comprises a thickness of no more than two millimeters.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The nasal dilator of claim 1, wherein the one or more traverse apertures comprise four apertures, each disposed equidistant from the open first end and the open second end.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The nasal dilator of claim 4, wherein each aperture is disposed ninety degrees from an adjacent aperture.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The nasal dilator of claim 5, wherein each aperture has a diameter of five millimeters.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The nasal dilator of claim 1, wherein the edges of the open first end, the open second end, and the one or more apertures are smooth.