Patent ID: 6494205
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: A61M,A62B

Abstract:
A nasal insert filtering assembly removably insertable in a pair of nasal passages of a user for filtering impurities in an airflow flowing through the nasal passages of the user, said assembly comprising:a pair of housing, each of said housing having an interior; and a filtering means for filtering an airflow through the interior of the housing, said filtering means being mounted in said interior of each of said housings; a coupling member for coupling each of said housings together and for removing each of said housings from the pair of nasal passages of the user, said coupling member being coupled to and extending between said first end of each of said housings, a central portion of said coupling member extending out of each of the nasal passages when each of said housings is removably inserted in the nasal passages of the user, where in a user removes each of said housings by pulling on said coupling member.