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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Ryan Kendall Pierce, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bryan Loomas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Rajiv Doshi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Summers, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jeffrey W. Servaites, San Francisco, CA (US);
Arthur Ferdinand, San Jose, CA (US);
Arthur G. Sandoval, San Francisco, CA (US);
Toru Mino, Chicago, IL (US);
Ryan Kendall Pierce, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bryan Loomas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Rajiv Doshi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Summers, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jeffrey W. Servaites, San Francisco, CA (US);
Arthur Ferdinand, San Jose, CA (US);
Arthur G. Sandoval, San Francisco, CA (US);
Toru Mino, Chicago, IL (US);
Ventus Medical, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Whole-nose nasal respiratory devices and methods of making and using whole-nose nasal respiratory devices are described and illustrated herein. These devices are typically configured to be adhesively secured to a subject so that they engage both of the subject's nostrils and allow airflow from both nostrils to communicate with an airflow resistor. The airflow resistor is configured so that it inhibits exhalation through the nostrils more than it inhibits inhalation through the nostrils.