US 12,251,359 B2
Disposable nasal and eye wash dispenser
Gary J. Pontecorvo, Stockton, NJ (US)
Filed by Gary J. Pontecorvo, Stockton, NJ (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,507.
Application 18/209,507 is a continuation of application No. 16/449,290, filed on Jun. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,766,383.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/689,394, filed on Jun. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0338234 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61H 35/02 (2006.01); A61H 35/04 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61M 39/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 35/02 (2013.01) [A61M 3/0262 (2013.01); A61M 3/0279 (2013.01); A61H 35/04 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0157 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1253 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1688 (2013.01); A61M 3/0245 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0027 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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1. A method for rinsing a sinus comprising:
providing an apparatus configured for rinsing the sinus, the apparatus comprising:
a collapsible container configured to containing saline solution, the container having a port through which the saline solution is configured to flow when the container is depressed;
a barrier located inside the container, wherein prior to a breach of the barrier, said barrier separates a solvent comprising distilled water from a solute comprising sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate;
the saline solution, comprising the distilled water, the sodium chloride, and the sodium bicarbonate; and
a dispenser head with a nostril end configured to form a liquid tight seal with a nostril;
breaching the barrier separating the solute and solvent;
responsive to the breaching, dissolving the solute and solvent to create the saline solution;
pressing the nostril end of the dispenser head against a nostril; and
depressing the container to push the saline solution out of the container through the dispenser and onto a surface of the sinus.