Patent ID: 6648848
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A device for applying a powdered or particulate substance to a mucous membrane within a nostril of a user of the device, said device comprising:a tubular body having: an intermediate bend and/or bendable section composed of adjacent, peripherally extending corrugations with the corrugations having a substantially serrated outline when viewed in a longitudinal axial section, the tubular body defining an inner flow passage with a cross-sectional area not exceeding 75 mm2 extending longitudinally between a nasal piece at a first end of the tubular body to be inserted into the nostril of the user and an opposite second end of said body, wherein the second end of the tubular body defines a mouthpiece to be inserted between the lips of the user, the length and the shape of the tubular body being such that the nasal piece and the mouthpiece may at the same time be positioned into the nostril and between the lips, respectively, of the user, whereby the user may blow into the mouthpiece end of the flow passage and transfer powdered or particulate substance arranged within the flow passage of the tubular body to the nostril in a dispensed condition.