US 12,070,319 B2
Olfactory diagnostic and training kits and methods
Jennifer Villwock, Shawnee, KS (US); and Kevin Sykes, Shawnee, KS (US)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Lawrence, KS (US)
Appl. No. 17/281,121
Filed by University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/054000
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/072448, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/878,486, filed on Jul. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/735,585, filed on Oct. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353206 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/4011 (2013.01) [A61B 2560/0487 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An olfactory diagnostic kit for screening for an olfactory dysfunction, comprising:
a plurality of aroma inhalers, each dosed with an essential oil fragrance from a panel of from 4 to 20 diagnostic fragrances, wherein the plurality of aroma inhalers comprises and a series of different doses for each essential oil fragrance; and
an answer key;
wherein the answer key contains instructions that first prompts a user to use a first inhaler of a first dose of a first essential oil fragrance from the series of different doses for the first essential oil fragrance and confirm whether an aroma could be detected, wherein if an answer to the confirmation is yes, then the instructions in the answer key prompts for identification of the aroma among a list of choices, wherein if the answer is no, the answer key contains instructions for the user to try one or more subsequent inhalers of increasingly higher doses of the first essential oil fragrance from the series of different doses for the first essential oil fragrance until either the user reaches a maximum dose of the first essential oil fragrance from the series of different doses for the first essential oil fragrance or is able to provide an affirmative response to the answer to the confirmation.