Patent ID: 6517511
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A cleanable multi-purpose aspirator kit, comprising:a housing having a switch mounted on an outer surface thereof; a power supply source located in an interior region of said housing; a driving motor located in said interior region of said housing and electrically coupled to said power supply source through said switch; a pressure pump located in said interior region of said housing, said pressure pump coupled to said driving motor to produce a pressurized fluid; a pressure chamber positioned at a front portion of said housing and having an air intake aperture and an air discharge aperture, said pressure chamber being connected to an open end of said pressure pump, said air discharge aperture communicating with an ambient environment external to said housing; and, a detachable nozzle removably [mounted] mountable on said housing and when mounted to said housing said nozzle overlaying said air intake aperture, said Application/Control Number: 09/886,017 Page 3 detachable nozzle including (a) an inhaling tube being connected to a front portion of said detachable nozzle, (b) an air conducting tube extending into said detachable nozzle from a joint portion thereof and being in fluid communication with said air intake aperture, and (c) a barrier unit, said barrier unit including a tubular spacer circumscribing said air conducting tube, and a plurality of slanted arcuate baffles radially disposed between said tubular spacer and a base of said detachable nozzle to produce a negative region of pressure when said pressure pump is actuated to draw a gaseous nasal discharge into said detachable nozzle.