IP Library Granted Patent US 11,925,753
Granted Patent B2
US 11,925,753 · App. 17/246,712 · Granted Mar 12, 2024

Liquid administering device

Inventors: Hideki Tanabe (Osaka, JP); Ryo Yonekawa (Osaka, JP); Naoki Motobayashi (Osaka, JP); Akihiro Azuma (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
A61M15/08A61M2205/13A61M2205/3327
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Patent No.
US 11,925,753
App. No.
17/246,712
Granted
Mar 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a liquid administering device capable of accurately administering a liquid to a predetermined part in a nasal cavity. A liquid administering device 2 includes a main body 4 , a first nozzle 6 that protrudes from the main body 4 in a predetermined direction and dispenses a liquid while being inserted into one nasal cavity 28 a of a user, and a second nozzle 8 that protrudes from the main body 4 in the predetermined direction and is inserted into the other nasal cavity 28 b of the user to position the first nozzle 6 with respect to one nasal cavity 28 a.

Claims (9)

1. A liquid administering device for administering a liquid to a user, the liquid administering device comprising:

a main body;

a first nozzle protruding from the main body in a predetermined direction and configured to be inserted into one nasal cavity of the user to dispense the liquid;

a second nozzle protruding from the main body in the predetermined direction and configured to be inserted into the other nasal cavity of the user to position the first nozzle with respect to the one nasal cavity;

a sensor detecting an insertion state of at least one of the first nozzle and the second nozzle, wherein the sensor is disposed in the second nozzle and configured to detect the second nozzle is inserted into the other nasal cavity;

a dispensing controller controlling dispensation of the liquid from the first nozzle based on a detection result of the sensor; and

a dispensing part comprising a cartridge and a heater chip disposed inside the first nozzle, wherein the cartridge supplies the liquid filled inside the cartridge to the heater chip so that the liquid is heated and dispensed from heater chip based on a control of the dispensing controller.

2. The liquid administering device according to claim 1 , wherein the first nozzle is formed in a tapered shape so that a tip of the first nozzle is tapered, and

the second nozzle is formed in a tapered shape so that a tip of the second nozzle is tapered.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2025
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC.
Reel/Frame 070724/0640 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2023
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064093/0487 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NATURE OF CONVEYANCE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 063815 FRAME: 0716. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 2, 2023
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063843/0907 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2023
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063815/0716 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2021
From: TANABE, HIDEKI; YONEKAWA, RYO; MOTOBAYASHI, NAOKI; AZUMA, AKIHIRO
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056134/0473 →