1. TE 552
Nonwoven Product
Development
Nasal Strips
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2. What Are Nasal Strips?
 Nasal Strips are of great help to all
those who have difficulty breathing.

3. Why Nasal Strips?
 To increase
breathing quality
and performance
 To prevent snore
and improve sleep
quality…

4. How Nasal Strips Work?
 When you wear it on the
nose, it will pull up the
rounded sides of the
nose by adhesive
power, enhancing the air
flow inside the nasal
cavity for you to breathe
smoothly.

6. Nasal Strips
 Should be placed on the noise 30
min. before exercises or sleeping.
 YES!!! Nasal strips are not only for
snoring.

7. How to Use?

8. The Shape and the Structure
 Non-woven Fabric
 Plastic
 Release Paper

9. Non-Woven Fabric
 Meltblown non-woven fabrics
 Spunbond non-woven fabrics

10. Plastic (PET)
 Plastic part pull up the rounded sides
of the nose which is the most
important part of the nasal strips.

11. Release Paper
 A medical adhesive uses in nasal strips.
 This adhesive can make allergy because it
contains natural rubber latex.
 People, have alergies for natural rubber
latex, should not use nasal strips.

12. Efficiency
 Thirty-two people
 16 male
 16 female
 The ages ranged from 19 to 71 years
 mean: 46 years

13. Efficiency
 Significant decrease in snoring as
graded by the bedpartner after 14
nights’ use of the nasal strip.
 52% decreasing showed in snoring.
 There was no difference between
male and female subgroups.

14. New Products of Nasal Strips
 Transparent thin film nasal strips,
 Nasal strips with mentol,
 Nasal strips with face cream,
 Nasal strips with different design.

15. References
 J. Ulfberg, 1997, Effect of Breathe Right nasal strip on
snoring
 U.S. Patent 6244265 , Jun. 12, 2001
 U.S. Patent 7114495B2, Oct. 3, 2006
 U.S. Patent 20010032645, Oct. 25, 2001
 Web Source 1:
[http://cntechcorp.koreasme.com/health/nasal-
strips.html#]
 Web Source 2:
[http://xiaole.en.alibaba.com/product/406160178-
210721075/Nasal_strips.html]

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