Patent ID: 7270638
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for use in diagnosis of a condition of the upper airways in a human, wherein said device comprises means for generating and/or maintaining an oscillating airflow in said upper airways or parts thereof; said device being suitable for connection to means for determining and recording the concentration and/or flow of nitric oxide (NO) present in exhaled air of said human; and wherein the condition of the upper airways is an absence or presence of a condition selected from the group consisting of an inflammatory condition, an airway infection, a common cold, a tumor, a drug related effect, an anatomical abnormality, a patency of the sinus ostia, a size of the sinuses, a biochemical status of the sinuses, a sinusitis affecting one or more sinuses, a location of said sinusitis, a risk for developing sinusitis, a bacteriological status of the sinuses, and a combination thereof.