Patent ID: 8978647
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A nasal delivery device for delivering substance to a nasal cavity of a subject, the delivery device comprising: a nosepiece for fitting to a nostril of a subject, wherein the nosepiece comprises a tip element which includes a delivery aperture from which substance is in use delivered into the nasal cavity, and the tip element is at least in part tapered so as to be inclined to a longitudinal axis of the nosepiece, with the delivery aperture extending both laterally across the tip element and along a longitudinal extent of the tip element in relation to the longitudinal axis, wherein the tip element of the nosepiece has differing lengths adjacent forwardmost and rearwardmost sections thereof; a nozzle through which substance is in use delivered to the respective nasal cavity; and a delivery unit for delivering substance through the nozzle of the nosepiece.