Nasal delivery
AssigneeOptiNose AS
InventorPer Gisle DJUPESLAND
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Abstract
A delivery device for and method of delivering a dose of substance for systemic uptake to a nasal cavity of a subject, the delivery device comprising: a nosepiece unit for insertion into a nasal cavity of a subject and comprising an outlet unit which includes at least one nozzle for delivering substance for systemic uptake substantially only to surfaces in one or both of the anterior region and an anterior section of the posterior region of the nasal cavity of the subject; and a substance supply unit which is operable to deliver a dose of substance to the at least one nozzle.
Claims13
1-78. (canceled)
A method of delivering substance to a nasal cavity of a subject for systemic uptake, the method comprising:
- inserting at least a portion of a nosepiece unit in the nasal cavity of the subject, the nosepiece unit including at least one nozzle for delivering a substance;
- and
- causing substance to be delivered from a substance supply unit through the at least one nozzle and into the nasal cavity of the subject, wherein the substance is delivered to an anterior section of the posterior region of the nasal cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.