Patent ID: 7909845

Claim:
A method of using an epistaxis apparatus comprising the following steps: a) directing the patient to blow his nose to decrease the effects of local fibrinolysis and allow better visualization thereof; b) providing an epistaxis apparatus appropriately sized for the particular patient for use with a sphygmomanometer having an arm cuff having: i) a compressible air filled rubber reservoir bulb sized to be received within the arm cuff for compression therein; ii) a flexible hose having one end connected to an end portion of the compressible bulb; and iii) an inflatable nasal bladder having a front end portion connected to another end portion of the hose having an exterior shape generally sized to fill a nasal cavity; so that when the sphygmomanometer is pumped to a selected pressure, the nasal bladder expands within the nasal cavity to the selected pressure first filling the infra-nasal cavity and then stopping a nose bleed, wherein the nasal bladder comprises two similar side portions so that each nasal cavity of a user may receive one of the nasal bladders so that when the apparatus is pumped to the selected pressure each side portion will be similarly pressured and septal deviation with its associated discomfort will be avoided; c) unpackaging the epistaxis apparatus wherein the nasal bladder portion thereof is deflated; d) lubricating the nasal bladder portion thereof with an antibiotic ointment if the packaged epistaxis apparatus is not prelubricated; e) fully inserting the deflated bladders concurrently into both nares of the nose; f) placing the arm cuff over and around the reservoir bulb; and g) inflating the nasal bladder to the selected pressure by squeezing the reservoir bulb with the sphygmomanometer.