Patent ID: 7100605

Claim:
A therapy device for the specifically local treatment of colds by an ionized heated current of air warmed up to at least the human central body temperature and acting directly and in a locally restricted manner via the nose onto the epithelium of the nasal cavities and the adjacent areas in the nasal/throat region with an easy to handle device, said therapy device comprising: a housing comprising: a cold air intake site; a warm air discharge side; a device for producing a current of air between said cold air intake site and said warm air discharge side; a controllable heating device for heating the current of air between said intake site and said discharge side to at least the human central body temperature; and a replaceable body containing crystallized salt, wherein the current of warm air impinges said body to ionize the heated current of air before being discharged from said housing directly in a locally restricted manner via a person's nose disposed in the ionized heated current of air, for flow onto the epithelium of the nasal cavities and the adjacent areas in the nasal/throat region of the person.