Patent ID: 8210166
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: A61J,A61M,B05B

Abstract:
1. In an atomizer of the type used in nasal therapy and including a syringe adapted to urge a therapeutic dose of fluid from a proximal end toward a distal end of an extension conduit for discharge of that fluid as a mist from an atomizing nozzle that is structured to impart spin to a fluid just prior to expelling that fluid through an orifice, the improvement comprising: a nostril guide structure configured as an enlarged stopper affixed at said distal end of said extension conduit and arranged to space said nozzle apart from structure of a nostril entrance, said nostril guide structure comprising an absorbent portion; wherein: said atomizer is arranged in combination with; a vial multi-access adapter operable to extract said dose from a bulk container of therapeutic fluid through an automatic check valve for subsequent discharge of said dose from said atomizer.