CORBETT LAIR, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150250637 | Nasal Dilator With Means To Direct Resilient Properties - A nasal dilator comprises a laminate of vertical layers that form a unitary, or single body, truss having horizontal regions adapted to engage outer wall tissues of first and second nasal passages and to traverse the bridge of a nose therebetween. When in use the dilator acts to stabilize and/or expand the nasal outer wall tissues and prevent said tissues from drawing inward during breathing. The dilator includes multiple parallel resilient members or a resilient member having a plurality of component spring fingers extending from a common center. The dilator may further include material separations, or discontinuity of shape of material, formed in at least one region of the truss and extending through at least one layer of the dilator. | 09-10-2015 |
20150012035 | Nasal Dilator and Method of Manufacture - A nasal dilator comprises a laminate of vertically stacked layers forming a unitary, or single body, truss where each layer includes at least one member. The truss features horizontal regions adapted to engage outer wall tissues of first and second nasal passages and to traverse the bridge of a nose therebetween. When in use the dilator acts to stabilize and/or expand the nasal outer wall tissues and prevent said tissues from drawing inward during breathing. Manufacturing methods produce dilator layers and/or finished nasal dilator devices efficiently at the same or lower cost as traditional methods by fabricating dilator elements in whole or part along common lines or edges. Said common lines define peripheral dimensions and form spaced apart relationships between dilator layers, members and finished dilator devices without sacrificing usable material to do so. Manufacturing steps include cutting through a fabrication laminate along lines defining at least portions of one or more layers, members, and the truss's peripheral edges. Manufacturing methods further maximize material usage by incorporating waste material into a subsequent fabrication process. Dilator embodiments further include means for providing disparate dilating force to opposing nasal passages, and means for incorporating promotional printing into the dilator fabrication process. | 01-08-2015 |
20140194922 | Nasal Dilator and Methods of Fabricating Medical Devices - Methods are disclosed for converting on a mass scale elongated material webs into finished parts or devices. Slits form strands in a web, the strands comprising interconnected objects which correspond to parts of finished devices. Strands are combined with additional webs to form a material laminate from which finished devices are die cut. The methods are suitable for a range of converting applications including medical devices, particularly the external nasal dilator. Complex dilator devices produced from the methods are formed as a single body truss having horizontal regions adapted to engage outer wall tissues of first and second nasal passages of a nose. When in use the dilator stabilizes or expands nasal outer wall tissues and prevents the outer wall tissues from drawing inward during breathing. Methods of manufacture comprise separate steps for fabricating and assembling the elements and layers of finished dilator devices and for packaging finished devices individually or in groups. Waste material is incorporated into subsequent fabrication processes to produce the same or complementary devices. | 07-10-2014 |
20140148844 | Nasal Dilator With Means To Direct Resilient Properties - A nasal dilator of vertically laminated layers, each consisting of one or more components. The laminated layers form a unitary truss with end regions for engaging outer wall tissues of a user's nasal passages and for traversing the bridge of the nose. The dilator includes means to direct its resilient properties comprising material separations or shape discontinuities formed in at least one region of the truss and extending through at least one layer of the dilator. Said material separations or discontinuities may comprise an opening, relief cut, slit or notch, and may be configured to separate or vertically protrude from the dilator when it is in use. The separations transform the angle of focused delaminating spring biasing forces generated by the resilient layer from primarily peel forces into primarily shear forces, and further redistribute the transformed forces to tissue-engaging surface areas extending outward and beyond the separations. | 05-29-2014 |