Surgery – Respiratory method or device
Patent
1995-12-15
1997-03-18
Asher, Kimberly L.
Surgery
Respiratory method or device
12820718, 128848, 606199, 60620445, 602 74, 602 54, A61M 2900, A61M 1500, A61F 508, A62B 700
Patent
active
056113331
ABSTRACT:
A dilator formed with a truss with a pair of spaced-apart end surfaces that provides a restoring force therebetween if forced toward one another, this restoring force provided by a resilient band extending between the opposite ends of the truss with a plurality of notches located at each of the ends thereof. The notches exceed at least a third of the thickness of the band and may comprise a separation at the location thereof between selected portions of said first resilient band with this separation surrounded by a corresponding separation edge thereabout intersecting a first surface of the first resilient band. A second and similar band may also be provided in the truss.
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Pp. 11 and 12 of Specification Sheet of CoNco entitled "Nasal Splint--Disposable Glove".
Copy of Packaging containing a Nasal Strip sold prior to the filing of this application by Bolinger Industries.
Asher Kimberly L.
Creative Integration & Design, Inc.
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