Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Antisnoring device
Patent
1996-09-16
1998-09-15
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Antisnoring device
128858, 602902, 60620445, A61F 556
Patent
active
058065253
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for opening nasal passages of a human head is disclosed, with the human head having a nose, a first cheek and a second cheek, and with the nose having a bridge portion, a first nasal wall and a second nasal wall. The apparatus includes a metallic biasing member having a length sufficient to span a distance from the first nasal wall to the second nasal wall across the bridge portion. The apparatus further includes a non-woven base, secured to the biasing member, having a length sufficient to span a distance from the first cheek to the second cheek across the nose. Additionally, the apparatus includes an adhesive material disposed on the baising member and the base for attaching the baising member and the base to the human head. Moreover, the apparatus includes a strippable liner positioned in contact with the adhesive material. A method of opening nasal passages of a human head is also disclosed.
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