NASAL DELIVERY
A nasal delivery device for and method of delivering substance to a nasal cavity of a subject, the delivery device comprising: a nosepiece for fitting to a nostril of a subject, wherein the nosepiece comprises a tip element which includes a delivery aperture from which substance is in use delivered into the nasal cavity, and the tip element is at least in part tapered such as to be inclined to a longitudinal axis of the nosepiece, with the delivery aperture extending both laterally across the tip element and along a longitudinal extent of the tip element; a nozzle through which substance is in use delivered, preferably substantially axially to a longitudinal axis of the nosepiece, to the respective nasal cavity; and a delivery unit for delivering substance through the nozzle of the nosepiece.
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82 . A nosepiece for fitting to a nasal cavity of a subject, comprising:
a tip element which includes a delivery aperture from which a substance is in use delivered into the nasal cavity of the subject; and
a base section from which the tip element extends, the base section defining a shoulder configured to provide a seal with a nare of a nostril of the subject and configured to limit the extent of insertion of the nosepiece into the nasal cavity of the subject;
wherein:
the tip element is tapered and inclined to a longitudinal axis of the nosepiece from a first section of the tip element to a second section of the tip element, whereby the delivery aperture extends both laterally across the tip element and longitudinally across the tip element;
the tip element extends substantially axially to the longitudinal axis of the nosepiece; and
the first section of the tip element has a length extending from the shoulder that is greater than twice a length extending from the shoulder of the second section of the tip element.
83 . The nosepiece of claim 82 , wherein the tip element has an elongate lateral section which has a longer dimension in a first, sagittal direction than a second direction orthogonal to the sagittal direction, such that, when the nosepiece is inserted in the nasal cavity of the subject, the longer dimension of the tip element is configured to engage lower and upper surfaces of the nasal cavity.
84 . The nosepiece of claim 83 , wherein the first section of the tip element is configured to expand the nasal cavity in a sagittal plane.
85 . The nosepiece of claim 83 , wherein the elongate lateral section of the tip element is substantially elliptical.
86 . The nosepiece of claim 83 , wherein the elongate lateral section of the tip element is substantially rectangular.
87 . The nosepiece of claim 82 , wherein the tip element extends substantially axially to the longitudinal axis of the nosepiece.
88 . The nosepiece of claim 82 , wherein the delivery aperture has an asymmetric shape when viewed along the longitudinal axis of the nosepiece.
89 . The nosepiece of claim 88 , wherein the delivery aperture has a narrower section adjacent a forwardmost section of the tip element and a wider section adjacent a rearwardmost section of the tip element.
90 . The nosepiece of claim 89 , wherein the delivery aperture has a teardrop shape when viewed along the longitudinal axis of the nosepiece.
91 . The nosepiece of claim 89 , wherein the delivery aperture has a triangular shape when viewed along the longitudinal axis of the nosepiece.
92 . The nosepiece of claim 82 , wherein the outer body part of the tip element is formed from a resilient material.
93 . A nasal delivery device comprising the nosepiece of claim 82 .