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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2007
Rajiv Doshi, Stanford, CA (US);
Bryan Loomas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Elliot Sather, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey W. Servaites, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sandrine Lebas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick A. Myall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lea Kobeli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rajiv Doshi, Stanford, CA (US);
Bryan Loomas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Elliot Sather, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey W. Servaites, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sandrine Lebas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick A. Myall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lea Kobeli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ventus Medical, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are adjustable whole-nose nasal devices having a first passageway for communication with a first nasal passage and a second passageway for communication with a second nasal passage, an airflow resistor that inhibits expiration more than inspiration, and an adjustable connector. The adjustable connector may include one or more adjustable joints or regions that allow the whole-nose device to conform to the spacing between a subject's nostrils, and/or the orientation and angle of the subject's nostrils. Also described herein are whole-nose devices having a single airflow resistor communicating with both of a subject's nasal passages. Methods of treating a disorder using the whole-nose nasal devices are also described.