Nasal Tamponade

Abstract

Abstract Known nasal tamponades which incorporate an inflatable bag suffer from the disadvantage that they cause a high pressure to be transmitted to relatively small areas of the nose defining the nasal cavity and the post-nasal space. The nasal tamponade of the present invention permits a low pressure to be transmitted over a large percentage of the surface regions defining the nasal cavity and post-nasal space, thereby reducing the likelihood of any damage to tissue, and comprises a single inflatable bag 5 which when inflated, even outside a nasal cavity and an associated post- nasal space, generally conforms to the shape of the combination of a nasal cavity and an associated post- nasal space, the bag 5 being formed of a medically acceptable flexible material readily capable, when inflated in the nasal cavity and post-nasal space, of generally conforming to said shape whilst accommodating any irregularities in the surface regions defining the nasal cavity and post-nasal space, so that a major portion of the external surface of the bag 5 may abut the internal surface regions defining the nasal cavity and post-nasal space; and a tube 1 which whilst being flexible is less flexible than the material of the bag 5 and which extends through the bag 5, the tube 1 being provided with one or more port 6 opening into the bag 5 so that on introduction of a gas along the tube 1 the bag 5 becomes inflated, and the tube 1 being suitable to assist in introducing the bag 5 when deflated into the nasal cavity and post-nasal space. <IMAGE>

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