Adhesive nasal respiratory devices

US8302607B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ventus Medical Limited · US

Inventors

• Ryan Pierce · Carl Junction, US
• Bryan Loomas · Los Gatos, US
• Rajiv Doshi · Los Altos, US
• Jonathan Patrick Summers · Redwood City, US
• Jeffrey Servaites · San Francisco, US
• Arthur Ferdinand · San Jose, US
• Arthur G. Sandoval · San Francisco, US
• Toru Mino · Roseville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 6, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 17, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2210/0618
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Whole-nose nasal respiratory devices and methods of making and using whole-nose nasal respiratory devices are described and illustrated herein. These devices are typically configured to be adhesively secured to a subject so that they engage both of the subject's nostrils and allow airflow from both nostrils to communicate with an airflow resistor. The airflow resistor is configured so that it inhibits exhalation through the nostrils more than it inhibits inhalation through the nostrils.