Patent ID: 8435207

Claim:
A method for irrigating and/or aspirating a nostril, the method comprising: providing a hand-held device comprising an irrigation function, an aspiration function, and user controls, the irrigation function comprising an irrigation force and an irrigation reservoir, the irrigation reservoir containing an irrigation fluid, the aspiration function comprising an aspiration pressure and an aspiration reservoir, the aspiration reservoir adapted to capture aspirated fluid, the aspiration reservoir adapted to retain aspirated fluid in the aspiration reservoir and allow gas to pass out of the aspiration reservoir, the user controls adapted to provide a control function for at least one of the irrigation function and the aspiration function, and the irrigation function being operational with no interaction with the aspiration function, and the aspiration function being operational with no interaction with the irrigation function with the irrigation and aspiration functions being operational intermittently and/or simultaneously with one another, initiating the irrigation force by user input to the irrigation function, the irrigation force acting upon the irrigation reservoir, expelling irrigation fluid from the irrigation reservoir and into the nostril, initiating the aspiration pressure by user input to the aspiration function, and drawing fluid from the nostril and into the aspiration reservoir, and passing the irrigation force and the aspiration pressure through an interface region.