Patent ID: 11877950
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A wearable system for warming a nasal cavity, the system comprising:
a processor;
a sensor adapted to be placed adjacent to a portion of a nose and configured to sense a temperature of the portion of the nose and wirelessly output the sensed temperature to the processor; and
a heat source communicatively coupled to the sensor and the processor, the heat source being placed in contact with a contour of the nose,
wherein the heat source is coupled to a bridge member configured to compress the contour of the nose to at least partially restrict a portion of airflow through passageways within the nose when the wearable system is being worn,
wherein the processor is configured to receive the sensed temperature of the nose and cause the heat source to modify a temperature of the nasal cavity based on the sensed temperature of the nose; and
wherein the modifying of the temperature and the compression of the contour of the nose cause a reduction in replication of viral cells in the nose.