Patent ID: 6561188
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A61M,A62B

Abstract:
An improved nasal breathing device comprising:a nasal insert which serves to open collapsed nasal breathing passages while replicating the utilitarian function of the natural nasal air channel of the nostril and which further comprises: semi-rigid polymeric dual cylindrical nasal inserts each comprising a dome end having an anterior end, a posterior end, an exterior surface, and an interior surface, and an open annular flanged end having an anterior end, a posterior end, an exterior surface, and an interior surface, and which open annular flanged end is adapted to form a seal with the lower external portion of the nostril, and a cavity located between the dome end and the open annular flanged end; a rigid polymeric nodule affixed to the anterior exterior of each nasal insert dome end, and which is adapted to engage the nasal tissue to lift the tissue away from the natural nasal air channel; an elliptical opening in the posterior of each nasal insert dome end aligned with the natural nasal air channel; a rigid polymeric cannula having two ends longitudinally affixed to the posterior interior of each nasal insert open annular flanged end with one cannula end aligned with the open annular flanged end and the other cannula end aligned with the elliptical opening; and a rigid elongated flex affixed to the posterior exterior of each nasal insert open annular flanged end, the rigid elongated flex serving to insert, position, seal, align and secure the nasal inserts within the nostrils and to remove the inserts from the nostrils.