External nasal splint
US5769089A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 8, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S602/902
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed is an external nasal splint which is adapted so that it may be placed across the bridge of the human nose, where it facilitates breathing without irritating the skin across the bridge of the nose. The splint contains a planar sheet of flexible material which has in its length-wise direction a central portion and two opposing end portions. The planar sheet is joined to an adhesive layer which also has in its length-wise direction a central portion and two opposing end portions. The central portion and the two opposing end portions of the planar sheet have an upper surface which is not adhesive to human skin. The two opposing end portions of the adhesive layer have a lower surface which is adhesive to human skin, so that the two opposing end portions are capable of affixing the external nasal splint to the human nose for a typical period of use, for instance six to twenty-four hours; and the central portion has a lower surface which is not adhesive to human skin. Sandwiched between the planar sheet and the adhesive layer is a strip made of high density polyethylene. The plastic strip has a high flexural modulus and therefore has the effect of pulling the nostrils of the wea…
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.