Exhalation-Enhanced, Nasal-Spray Apparatus for Delivering Aerosolized Liquid Substance

Abstract

An exhalation-enhanced nozzle apparatus constructed and arranged for use on a generic nasal spray medication container having a medication bottle, a pump assembly fixed to the bottle neck, and a removable nozzle. The apparatus has a base that envelops the pump assembly and connects in fluid communication with the pump assembly, an axially-extending nozzle, means for aerosolizing medication and expelling it through an expulsion port, and a mouthpiece into which a patient can blow to create airflow through the nozzle and out the expulsion port. The apparatus is constructed and arranged so that air blown into the mouthpiece flows through the nozzle, then mixes with and accelerates the flow rate of medication exiting the expulsion port so that the nasal medication can be delivered deeper into a patient's nasal cavity.

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