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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1983
Filed:
May. 08, 1981
Andre Lwoff, Paris, FR;
Aaron Yerushalmi, Rehovot, IL;
Irun R Cohen, Rehovot, IL;
Gideon B Moshe, Rishon Le Zion, IL;
Jack Pennell, Sutton Coldfield, GB;
Yeda Research & Dev., Co., Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Abstract
Apparatus for delivering a stream of heated humidified air to the nasal mucosa for treatment of the common cold or allergic rhinitis comprising a container adapted to contain water, apparatus for producing a supply of air under pressure, pressurizing apparatus for applying at least a part of the supply of air under pressure to the container for causing a pressurized flow of water to issue therefrom, a remote outlet member receiving at least a portion of the supply of air under pressure and the pressurized flow of water from the pressurizing apparatus and the producing apparatus via a flexible conduit, the outlet member comprising apparatus for heating at least a portion of the supply of air and apparatus for supplying the pressurized flow of water to the supply of air after heating thereof for providing a humidified heated stream of air.