Patent ID: 11883010
Assignee: AARDVARK MEDICAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 23:
24. A method for irrigating a nasal cavity using the hand-held nasal irrigation device of claim 10, the method including:
sealing a nostril of a user to the hand-held nasal irrigation device via the nozzle to form fluid passageway in communication with saline solution source and the effluent receptacle, wherein the fluid passageway, saline solution source and effluent receptacle are integrally assembled in the hand-held nasal irrigation device, the saline solution source being disposed above the nasal cavity and the effluent receptacle being disposed below the nasal cavity for defining a flowpath through the fluid passageway;
applying a relative vacuum to the effluent receptacle with a powered suction source also included in the hand-held nasal irrigation device; and
releasing saline solution from the saline solution source into the fluid passageway and the nasal cavity whereby a continuous flow of the saline solution through the nostril irrigates the nasal cavity, the flow being induced by a combination of transmission of the saline solution and the relative vacuum.