Apparatus for applying medication or the like to human nasal passages

Claim 1

Apparatus for projecting droplets of a solution into the nasal passages comprising: a housing including an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion being adapted to serve as a reservoir for said solution and said upper portion being adapted to receive a pump therein; conduit means extending outwardly from an upper portion of said housing located above said lower portion, said conduit means having a first end thereof affixed to and opening into said housing and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom and a second end remote from said housing and adapted to surround the nasal passages intended to be provided with the solution in droplet form; centrifugal pump means supported within said upper portion of housing and including an impeller depending into said lower portion of said housing whereby when solution is placed therein, the lower portion of said impeller upon rotation will draw the solution into same and the upper portion of said impeller will disperse the solution in droplet form into and through said conduit means and into a nasal passage surrounded by second end thereof, said upper portion of said impeller disposed substantially perpendicular to and in alignment with the major axis of said conduit means and adjacent to said first end and proximate to said second end thereof; a support connected to said pump means removably inserted into said lower portion, and supporting said pump with the lower end of said impeller immersed in said solution; said support being independent of said impeller; an electric motor operatively connected to said impeller; and means to power said motor.