Patent ID: 7351235
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A snivel removing device comprising: a housing including a partition provided therein, to separate an inner portion of said housing into a first chamber and a second chamber, said housing including at least one outlet port provided thereon and communicating with said first chamber thereof, and including an inlet port provided thereon and communicating with said second chamber thereof, for coupling to a nose of a user, to receive the snivel from the user, at least one bladder attached to said housing, and communicating with said first chamber and said second chamber of said housing, a first check valve attached to said housing and disposed between said at least one bladder and said first chamber of said housing and arranged to allow the snivel to flow from said at least one bladder into said first chamber of said housing only and to prevent the snivel from flowing backward from said first chamber of said housing into said at least one bladder, a second check valve attached to said housing and disposed between said at least one bladder and said second chamber of said housing and arranged to allow the snivel to flow from said second chamber of said housing into said at least one bladder only and to prevent the snivel from flowing backward from said at least one bladder into said second chamber of said housing, an arm attached to said at least one bladder, a magnetic member attached to said arm, and an electro-magnetic device to actuate said magnetic member and to operate said arm to depress and to expand said at least one bladder in order to draw the snivel from said inlet port of said housing toward said at least one outlet port of said housing.