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Aardvark Medical, LLC Presents New Device for Sinus and Nasal Care at In3 Medical Device Summit.


SAN FRANCISCO -- Aardvark Medical, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
, recently participated in the large medical device conference June 3-5. The Company presented its early stage device concepts based on patent-pending technology. The platform technology allows delivery of a comfortable medicated medicated /med·i·cat·ed/ (med´i-kat?id) imbued with a medicinal substance.

medicated

contains a medicinal substance.
 spray and an effective nasal suction to occur simultaneously or independently. It makes the age-old therapy of sinus and nasal saline irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice.  effective, comfortable and therefore adoptable.

While sinus and nasal congestion nasal congestion ENT Difficulty in nasal breathing, due to an ↑ vascular thickness of nasal mucosa. See Nasal stuffiness.  have long been treated with prescription and over-the-counter remedies, most are costly and have side effects Side effects

Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm.
. Saline has been proven to be an effective, cheap and safe alternative, but current delivery strategies remain awkward, ineffective and uncomfortable. This is why many who would otherwise benefit from saline irrigation avoid it. Aardvark Medical's technology gets around these obstacles and closes this gap. The nasal product market is estimated to be over $500 million in the US alone.

The innovative platform and technology also have potential applications beyond the nose, such as ear cleaning, wound irrigation, and pulmonary and nasal drug delivery.

About Aardvark Medical

Aardvark Medical, LLC is a new San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation).

The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay
 based company focused on improving sinus and nasal care while cutting side effects of standard medications and decreasing their associated costs. It is currently seeking market guidance and seed funding to complete prototyping, licensing and/or manufacturing. To learn more about its technology, or to explore partnering/investing, please visit www.aardvarkmedical.com or email director@aardvarkmedical.com.
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