US 12,324,599 B2
Devices and methods for treating epistaxis
Joseph Shiller, Colorado Springs, CO (US); and Melissa Howard, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to JMK50, LLC, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed by JMK50, LLC, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/643,749.
Application 18/643,749 is a continuation of application No. 18/225,759, filed on Jul. 25, 2023, granted, now 11,963,690.
Application 18/225,759 is a continuation of application No. 17/972,779, filed on Oct. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,707,291, issued on Jul. 25, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/271,389, filed on Oct. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0350156 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/24 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for occluding epistaxis, the device comprising:
a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall each disposed at a top portion of the device, wherein the second wall is a curvilinear wall and is positioned between the first wall and the third wall, the device having an x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis, wherein the top portion is relative to the y-axis;
a fourth wall, a fifth wall, and a sixth wall each disposed at a bottom portion relative to the y-axis, wherein the fifth wall is a curvilinear wall and is positioned between the fourth wall and the sixth wall;
a first end comprising a front first end portion and a back first end portion, the first end is curvilinear and continuous with the first wall, the first end disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the x-axis;
a second end comprising a front second end portion and a back second end portion, the second end is curvilinear and continuous with the third wall, the second end disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the x-axis;
a middle portion comprising a front middle portion and a back middle portion, the middle portion is curvilinear and continuous with the second wall; and
a plurality of protrusions each having a length and a width, wherein the length is larger than the width, the length having an orientation relative to the y-axis, wherein the length of two or more protrusions of the plurality of protrusions is independently disposed at an angle, relative to the y-axis, of about 1° to about 10° or about −1° to about −10°.