ADJUSTABLE RESISTANCE NASAL DEVICES

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20090308398A1
SERIAL NO

12485750

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Described herein are adjustable-resistance respiratory devices, and particularly nasal devices that have an adjustable expiratory resistance while providing a greater resistance to exhalation than to inhalation. The resistance to exhalation may be manually adjustable by a user or remotely adjustable by a third party. For example, described herein are nasal devices having a greater resistance to exhalation than inhalation that includes one or more resistance-modifying members for modifying the resistance of a nasal device. A resistance modifying member may include a cover, a shutter or an adjustable valve for opening/closing a leak pathway through the nasal device. An adjustable-resistance nasal respiratory device may include a control or controls for adjusting the resistance to exhalation. Methods of adjusting the resistance of a nasal device, and systems including nasal devices allowing the resistance to be optimized and/or adjusted are also described.

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VENTUS MEDICAL INC1301 SHOREWAY ROAD SUITE 425 BELMONT CA 94002

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Doshi, Rajiv Los Altos , US 80 4254
Favet, Michael L San Jose , US 12 342
Ferdinand, Arthur San Jose , US 31 892
Lai, Danny Yu-Youh San Jose , US 7 305
Sather, Elliot San Francisco , US 28 1171
Wong, Michael Pou San Francisco , US 1 66

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