Patent ID: 8974486
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A post-operative medical device for inserting into nasal passages of a patient comprising: (a) a first tubular member comprising a first proximal end and a first distal end; (b) a second tubular member comprising a second proximal end and a second distal end; and (c) a bridging member connecting the first proximal end to the second proximal end, the bridging member having a first end connected to the first tubular member and a second end connected to the second tubular member so that the bridging member is positioned entirely between the first and second tubular members, wherein the bridging member comprises a flexible member extending transverse to the first and second tubular members so that the bridging member extends along a columella of the patient and the bridging member being configured to facilitate adjustment of the first tubular member and the second tubular member within the nasal passages of the patient; the first and second tubular members having a curved configuration to conform with a floor of a nasal cavity and a length such that the first and second tubular members each protrude from a nostril opening and extend through the nasal cavity to an entrance of the subject's throat so that air flows through the first and second tubular members, and wherein the first tubular member, the second tubular member and the bridging member comprise a single integral unit; wherein each of the first tubular member and the second tubular member comprises a substantially constant outer diameter and wherein the bridging member is positioned distal to the first proximal end and the second proximal end such that the first proximal end and the second proximal end each extend beyond the nostril openings and an opening in the first proximal end and an opening in the second proximal end are proximal to the bridging member.