US 12,109,141 B2
Nasal shaper
Jeremy Adam, Paris (FR); Benoit Perrin, Clamart (FR); and Roman Hossein Khonsari, Paris (FR)
Assigned to DOLIUM INVEST, (FR); and ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE—HOPITAUX DE PARIS, (FR)
Appl. No. 17/276,397
Filed by DOLIAM INVEST, Maisons-Laffitte (FR); and ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE—HOPITAUX DE PARIS, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Sep. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/076319
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/070028, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18/59085 (FR), filed on Oct. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0039993 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/08 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nasal shaper configured to be introduced into a nose of a subject, the nasal shaper comprising:
two tubes suitable for each being introduced into a nostril of the nose, connected together at their lower ends by a connecting bridge, and
a plate attached to the connecting bridge and extending opposite the connecting bridge relative to the tubes, the plate being configured to exert a pressure on the a philtrum of the subject when the tubes are each introduced into the nostril of the nose,
wherein the plate, attached to the connecting bridge, is deformable between a rest position, in which the plate extends towards a rear of the nasal shaper, opposite the tubes before positioning the shaper, and a use position, when the nasal shaper is introduced into the nose, in which the plate extends towards a front of the nasal shaper,
the nasal shaper further comprising a stiffening element exerting a force to return the plate to the rest position.