Patent ID: 8403954
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: A61F,A61M,A62B

Abstract:
1. A nasal insert for insertion into a nostril of a user to improve airflow through the user's nasal passages, comprising: a circular first end defining a first circular opening having a first diameter; a second end defining a second opening having a second diameter that, when the nasal insert is in an unflexed state, is larger than the first diameter; a passage defined between the first and second ends; a central axis extending through the passage between the first and second ends; a side wall connecting the first and second ends and tapering outwardly from the first diameter to the larger second diameter; a length from the second end to the first end that is sufficient to extend from an opening to a nasal valve in the nostril of the user; a plurality of passages formed through the side wall, the passages being elongated in the direction of the central axis; and a break formed in the second end, the break being aligned with one of the plurality of passages formed in the side wall while leaving the first end intact, the break increasing the flexibility of the second end; wherein the circular first end of the nasal insert is sized to, and sufficiently stiff to, alter the anatomy of the user's nasal valve.