AIR PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR NASAL APPLICATION

1 . An air purification apparatus for nasal application comprising:

a housing to substantially enclose an interior space;

air treatment components located within the interior space to at least partially purify air comprising:

a filtration component to remove impurities from the air, and

a fan component to actively pass the air through the filtration component;

a power component located substantially within the interior space to provide electrical power to the air treatment components; and

a nose plug component operatively attached to the housing to be removably inserted into a nostril such to form an at least partial seal with a nasal cavity.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the power component further comprises:

a battery to reversibly store the electrical power;

power delivery electronics to transmit the electrical power from the battery to the air treatment components; and

battery charging electronics to receive external power from an external power source, condition the external power to a charging power receivable by the battery, and store at least part of the charging power in the battery for use by the air treatment components as the electrical power.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises:

a top housing portion,

a bottom housing portion removably attached to the top housing portion, and

housing inlets located on the bottom housing portion to permit the air to flow into the interior space;

wherein the fan component receives the air from the housing inlets to be passed through the filtration component; and wherein the air that is passed through the filtration component is moved to the nasal cavity through the nose plug component.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the housing further comprises:

a locking interface comprising:

a locking interface top portion operatively attached to the top housing portion,

a locking interface bottom portion operatively attached to the bottom housing portion,

a locking member provided by the locking interface top portion to receive at least part of a locking lip of the locking interface bottom portion, and

a locking gap provided by the locking interface bottom portion having sufficient width to receive the locking member;

wherein the locking interface is reversibly configured in a locked position by rotating the locking member passed through the locking gap in a first locking direction to receive the locking lip; and wherein the locking interface is reversibly configured in an unlocked position by rotating the locking member in a second locking direction to release the locking lip.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the air treatment components further comprise:

a germicidal irradiation component to emit ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation that at least partially sterilizes pathogens from the air prior to entry into the nasal cavity.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the air treatment components further comprise:

an aroma component comprising an aroma reservoir to reversibly hold an aromatic material having an aroma; and

wherein the aroma is at least partially transferred from the aromatic material into the air.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the filtration component comprises a high efficiency particulate absorbing (HEPA) filter.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the filtration component comprises activated carbon.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a case to receive at least part of the housing; and

wherein the housing is removably stored by the case.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 :

wherein the case comprises electrical contacts to interface with the power component; and

wherein the power component further comprises a battery to reversibly store the electrical power received from the case for use by the air treatment components.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a monitoring component comprising a sensor to detect a condition of the air included by an environmental space adjacent to the sensor; and

wherein the condition is reportable via a communicably connected display device.

12 . An air purification apparatus for nasal application comprising:

a housing to substantially enclose an interior space;

a nose plug component operatively attached to the housing to be removably inserted into a nostril such to form an at least partial seal with a nasal cavity;

air treatment components located within the interior space to at least partially purify air comprising:

a germicidal irradiation component to emit ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation that at least partially sterilizes pathogens from the air prior to entry into the nasal cavity; and

a power component located substantially within the interior space to provide electrical power to the air treatment components.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the air treatment components further comprise:

a filtration component to remove impurities from the air; and

a fan component to actively pass the air through the filtration component.

14 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the housing comprises:

a top housing portion;

a bottom housing portion removably attached to the top housing portion;

housing inlets located on the bottom housing portion to permit the air to flow into the interior space;

a locking interface comprising:

a locking interface top portion operatively attached to the top housing portion,

a locking interface bottom portion operatively attached to the bottom housing portion,

a locking member provided by the locking interface top portion to receive at least part of a locking lip of the locking interface bottom portion, and

a locking gap provided by the locking interface bottom portion having sufficient width to receive the locking member;

wherein the locking interface is reversibly configured in a locked position by rotating the locking member passed through the locking gap in a first locking direction to receive the locking lip; and

wherein the locking interface is reversibly configured in an unlocked position by rotating the locking member in a second locking direction to release the locking lip.

15 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the power component further comprises:

a battery to reversibly store the electrical power;

power delivery electronics to transmit the electrical power from the battery to the air treatment components; and

battery charging electronics to receive external power from an external power source, condition the external power to a charging power receivable by the battery, and store at least part of the charging power in the battery for use by the air treatment components as the electrical power.

16 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the air treatment components further comprise:

an aroma component comprising:

an aroma reservoir to reversibly hold an aromatic material having an aroma that is at least partially diffused into the air.

17 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the filtration component comprises a high efficiency particulate absorbing (HEPA) filter and a carbon filter.

18 . The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising:

a case to receive at least part of the housing; and

wherein the housing is removably stored by the case.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 :

wherein the case comprises electrical contacts to interface with the power component; and

wherein the power component further comprises a battery to reversibly store the electrical power received from the case for use by the air treatment components.

20 . The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising:

a monitoring component comprising a sensor to detect a condition of the air included by an environmental space adjacent to the housing; and

wherein the condition is reportable via a communicably connected display device.