Nasal tube holder having a nasal dilator attached thereto
OwnerMichael M. Dillon, David F. Kreitzer +1inventors
InventorsMichael M. Dillon, David F. Kreitzer, Dan B. Pool
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Abstract
A nasal tube holder for anchoring a tube in a nasal passage including a nasal dilator affixable over the bridge of a nose, a tube holding portion depending from the nasal dilator for engaging a tube and anchoring the tube within a nasal passage and an adhesive backing carried by the nasal dilator and the tube holding portion for adhering the nasal dilator to a nose and a tube to the tube holding portion.
Claims14
A nasal tube holder for anchoring a tube in a nasal passage, comprising:
- a nasal dilator affixable over the bridge of a nose, the nasal dilator including a first end, a second end and biasing means for biasing said first end and said second end of the nasal dilator outwardly from the face of the user whereby the nasal passages are maintained in a dilated condition;
- a tube holding portion depending from the nasal dilator, for engaging a tube and anchoring the tube within a nasal passage;
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- an adhesive backing carried by the nasal dilator and the tube holding portion for adhering the nasal dilator to a nose and a tube to the tube holding portion.
A nasal tube holder for anchoring a tube in a nasal passage, comprising:
- a nasal dilator affixable over the bridge of a nose, the nasal dilator including a first end, a second, end and a elastic member for traversing the nose and interconnecting the first end and the second end, the elastic biasing member means changeable between an expanded configuration and a contracted configuration for biasing said first end and said second end of the nasal dilator outwardly from the face of the user whereby the nasal passages are maintained in a dilated condition;
- a tube holding portion depending from the nasal dilator, for engaging a tube and anchoring the tube within a nasal passage;
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- an adhesive backing carried by the nasal dilator and the tube holding portion for adhering the nasal dilator to a nose and a tube to the tube holding portion.
A nasal tube holder for anchoring a tube in a nasal passage, comprising:
- a nasal dilator affixable over the bridge of a nose, the nasal dilator including a first end, a second end and a flexible truss biasing means for traversing the nose and interconnecting the first end and the second end, the flexible truss biasing means changeable between a flexed configuration and an unflexed configuration for biasing the first end and the second end of the nasal dilator outwardly from the face of the user whereby the nasal passages are maintained in a dilated condition;
- a tube holding portion depending from the nasal dilator, for engaging a tube and anchoring the tube within a nasal passage;
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- an adhesive backing carried by the nasal dilator and the tube holding portion for adhering the nasal dilator to a nose and a tube to the tube holding portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.