NASAL ASPIRATOR

• US 20120029486A1
• Filed: 04/28/2010
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Laerdal Medical AS (Laerdal Medical Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Laerdal Medical AS (Laerdal Medical Corporation)
• Inventors: Laerdal, Tore, Ianke, Jens Petter, Korneliussen, Kjell Oye
• Granted Patent: US 8,696,648 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/540
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/682 bulb-type, e.g. nasal mucus aspirators
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/82 Membrane pumps, e.g. bulbs
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/075 Bulb type
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2210/0618 Nose

Abstract

A nasal aspirator comprising a resilient bulb and a stem for suction of liquids by vacuum created by compressing the bulb and thereafter gradually releasing the compression of the bulb, where the stem is removable connected to the bulb part, wherein the bulb part comprises a neck portion adopted to interact with a cap portion of the stem part to create a substantially airtight connection there between.

Claims

1. A nasal aspirator comprising:

a resilient bulb;

a stem for suction of liquids by vacuum created by compressing the resilient bulb and thereafter gradually releasing the compression of the resilient bulb where the stem is removably connected to a bulb part; and

wherein the bulb part comprises a neck portion adapted to interact with a cap portion of a stem part to create a substantially airtight connection there between.

2. The nasal aspirator according to claim 1, wherein the cap portion of the stem part is adapted to be inserted into the neck portion of the bulb part.

3. The nasal aspirator according to claim 1, wherein the bulb part and the stem part are connected by a hinge member.

4. The nasal aspirator according to claim 1, wherein an inside of the resilient bulb is smooth and without projections or depressions that make it difficult or impossible to effectively clean the inside of the resilient bulb, and that a transition between the inside of the resilient bulb and an inside of the neck part thereof are smooth and without edges where organic material may hide during cleaning of the nasal aspirator.

5. The nasal aspirator claim 1, wherein the nasal aspirator is made of a resilient polymer.

6. The nasal aspirator of claim 5, wherein the resilient polymer is a medically acceptable polymer.