Nosebleed treatment apparatus and associated method

• US 8,303,619 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2009
• Issued: 11/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Anne Decrescenzo, Dominick Decrescenzo
• Original Assignee: Anne Decrescenzo, Dominick Decrescenzo
• Inventors: DeCrescenzo, Anne, DeCrescenzo, Dominick
• Primary Examiner(s): Jackson, Gary
• Assistant Examiner(s): EVERAGE, KEVIN D
• Application Number:
  US12/454,289
• Publication Number:
  US 20090299405A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,271 Days
• Field of Search: 606/196, 606/199, 606/201, 606/204.45, 381/71.6, 381/309, 381/370, 381/376
• US Class Current: 606/201
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/12 for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels, umbilical cord specially adapted for vas deferens or fallopian tubes A61F6/20; materials for ligaturing blood vessels A61L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/122 Clamps or clips , e.g. for the umbilical cord for the vas deferens A61F6/206
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/12004 for haemostasis, for prevention of bleeding
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0006 Nose
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0219 Gels
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0225 connected to the body or a part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/108 Cold packs, i.e. devices to be cooled or frozen in refrigerator or freezing compartment
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/02 Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling

Abstract

The nosebleed treatment apparatus features a pair of pliable mirror image nose pads comprising a first nose pad and a second nose pad. A gel pack is disposed within each nose pad. Each gel pack has a first side spaced apart from a second side. The first side is adjacent to an inner surface of the medial pad section. The second side is disposed within the lateral pad section. A smooth shouldered reinforcement member is disposed atop each nose pad. A U-shaped oblong tensing member connects the first nose pad to the second nose pad at each reinforcement member. The apparatus can be placed in a freezer or cooler for extended cool retention within the gel packs when removed. Upon removal, the apparatus is placed on a bleeding nose and remains until removed, so that a patient need not hold it in place.

Claims

1. A nosebleed treatment apparatus, comprising:

a pair of pliable mirror image nose pads comprising a first nose pad and a second nose pad;

a gel pack disposed within each said first and second nose pads, each gel pack having a first side spaced apart from a second side, said first side being adjacent to an inner surface of a medial pad section of each said first and second nose pads, said second side being disposed within a lateral pad section of each said first and second nose pads;

a smooth shouldered reinforcement member disposed adjacent each of said first and second nose pads respectively, along a longitudinal axis thereof; and

a U-shaped oblong tensing member connecting said first nose pad to said second nose pad at each of said reinforcement members;

a memory wire disposed within said tensing member.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a rectangular depression spaced inwardly from an outer border of said medial pad section of each of said first and second nose pads respectively.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a memory wire disposed within said tensing member.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said memory wire is further extended into each said reinforcement member respectively.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of said first and second nose pads are independently displaced along a longitudinal length of said tensing member such that opposed ends of said tensing member become linearly reciprocated within said lateral pad sections while each of said gel packs remains statically mated to a corresponding one of said first and second nose pads respectively.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein each of said gel packs are removably mated directly to a corresponding one of said lateral pad sections respectively.

7. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said opposed ends of said tensing member are magnetically coupled to a lateral face of said gel packs respectively such that said first and second nose pads are prohibited from undesirably shifting along said longitudinal length of said tensing member during operating conditions.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein each of said depressions has a unique outer surface color that is distinct from a remaining outer surface color of said gel packs respectively;

wherein each of said depressions has a dynamic shape and thereby morphs between first and second positions when a corresponding one of said gel packs is at a frozen state and a thawed state respectively;

wherein said unique outer surface color is invisible and visible when said corresponding gel pack is at said frozen state and said thawed state respectively such that a user is able to quickly determine whether said corresponding gel pack is at a minimum temperature and a maximum temperature respectively.

9. A nosebleed treatment apparatus, comprising:

a pair of pliable mirror image nose pads comprising a first nose pad and a second nose pad;

a gel pack disposed within each said first and second nose pads, each gel pack having a first side spaced apart from a second side, said first side being adjacent to an inner surface of a medial pad section of each said first and second nose pads, said second side being disposed within a lateral pad section of each said first and second nose pads;

a smooth shouldered reinforcement member disposed adjacent each of said first and second nose pads respectively, along a longitudinal axis thereof; and

a U-shaped oblong tensing member connecting said first nose pad to said second nose pad at each of said reinforcement members;

wherein said tensing member is formed from deformably non-resilient material and thereby is adapted to conform to a contour of a user nose;

a memory wire disposed within said tensing member.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a rectangular depression spaced inwardly from an outer border of said medial pad section of each of said first and second nose pads respectively.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a memory wire disposed within said tensing member.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said memory wire is further extended into each said reinforcement member respectively.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein each of said first and second nose pads are independently displaced along a longitudinal length of said tensing member such that opposed ends of said tensing member become linearly reciprocated within said lateral pad sections while each of said gel packs remains statically mated to a corresponding one of said first and second nose pads respectively.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein each of said gel packs are removably mated directly to a corresponding one of said lateral pad sections respectively.

15. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said opposed ends of said tensing member are magnetically coupled to a lateral face of said gel packs respectively such that said first and second nose pads are prohibited from undesirably shifting along said longitudinal length of said tensing member during operating conditions.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein each of said depressions has a unique outer surface color that is distinct from a remaining outer surface color of said gel packs respectively;

wherein each of said depressions has a dynamic shape and thereby morphs between first and second positions when a corresponding one of said gel packs is at a frozen state and a thawed state respectively;

wherein said unique outer surface color is invisible and visible when said corresponding gel pack is at said frozen state and said thawed state respectively such that a user is able to quickly determine whether said corresponding gel pack is at a minimum temperature and a maximum temperature respectively.