US 12,245,921 B2
Nasal plug
Susanne Åhnblad, Stockholm (SE); and Peter Åhnblad, Muskö (SE)
Assigned to HOGNE AB, Nacka (SE)
Filed by Hogne AB, Nacka (SE)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/062,589.
Application 17/062,589 is a continuation of application No. PCT/SE2020/050491, filed on May 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1950566-8 (SE), filed on May 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0015683 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/2005 (2013.01) [A61F 13/2042 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Nasal plug for treatment of nosebleed in a subject, comprising:
a body adapted to fit into a nostril of the subject, the body comprising a first end arranged to face inward and a second end arranged to face outward during use; and
a hollow tubular member disposed inside the body of the nasal plug and comprising a tubular portion having a first opening facing inwardly and a second opening facing outwardly during use;
wherein the hollow tubular member further comprises a collar extending radially outward from the tubular portion and adapted to prevent blood of a subject from escaping the body of the nasal plug,
wherein the body of the nasal plug defines a recess adapted to receive the collar and at least a portion of the tubular portion, and
wherein the collar is disposed inside the recess defined by the body of the nasal plug such that a rim of the collar defined by a radially outermost surface of the collar contacts an inner wall of the body defining the recess.