US 12,402,829 B2
Devices and methods for determining anosmia and/or ageusia
Ira Schneider, Palm Beach, FL (US); and Robert J. Fish, West Palm Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to CONTEMPORARY HEALTH SYSTEMS, LLC, West Palm Beach, FL (US)
Filed by CONTEMPORARY HEALTH SYSTEMS, LLC, West Palm Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/620,839.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/493,121, filed on Mar. 30, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0324944 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A23L 27/00 (2016.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A61L 27/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/4017 (2013.01) [A23L 27/00 (2016.08); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A61B 5/4011 (2013.01); A61M 15/0086 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0418 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sense indicator kit, the sense indicator kit comprising:
a plurality of sense indicator devices, each sense indicator device comprising:
a housing;
a composition stored within the housing, the composition including:
one or more active ingredients including a flavoring agent; and
one or more inactive ingredients including a preservative configured to keep the composition stable and preserve a smell or taste characteristic associated with the flavoring agent; and
an applicator, the applicator including an applicator tip, configured to:
remove a predetermined amount of the composition from the housing; and
deliver the predetermined amount of the composition to one or more of a nose and a mouth of a subject,
wherein the housing includes a back pressure mechanism configured to apply a pressure on the applicator tip as the applicator is withdrawn from the housing to control an amount of the composition that remains on the applicator tip when the applicator is withdrawn from the housing, wherein the back pressure mechanism includes a narrow channel in the housing being diametrically smaller than a width of the applicator tip, and wherein the predetermined amount is selected based on a minimum amount of the composition that induces an identification of the smell or the taste characteristic by a healthy subject; and
one or more evaluation sheets for recording a detection and an identification of the smell or the taste characteristic associated with each sense indicator device by the subject.