Patent ID: 9682010
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61H,A61M,A61P

Claim:
1. A method for irrigating a nasal cavity including: sealing nares of a user to a hand-held device via first and second nozzles to form an associated closed fluid passageway in communication with a saline solution source and an effluent receptacle, wherein the passageway, source and receptacle are integrally assembled in the hand-held device, the source being disposed above the nasal cavity and the receptacle being disposed below the nasal cavity for defining a gravitationally induced flowpath through the fluid passageway; applying a relative vacuum to the effluent receptacle with a powered suction source also included in the hand-held device; and, releasing saline solution from the source into the passageway and the nasal cavity whereby a continuous flow of the saline solution through the nares and around a posterior margin of a nasal septum irrigates the nasal cavity, the flow being induced by a combination of gravity and the relative vacuum.