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1. An apparatus for dispensing a solution for nasal rinsing, comprising:
a container having a bottom for resting on a surface and a top defining an opening, the container containing a saline solution for rinsing a nasal passage; a pump comprising a pump housing defining a hollow body and having an inlet at a distal end thereof disposed within the container and an outlet proximate the opening of the container, the pump housing coupled to the opening of the container, a pump handle coupled to a pump shaft slidably coupled to the pump housing, the pump shaft comprising a hollow tube in fluid communication with the pump housing and having a distal end coupled to a plunger disposed within the pump housing, the pump housing defining a hollow body for receiving the saline solution when the plunger is drawn from proximate a distal end of the pump housing to a proximate a proximal end of the pump housing and force the saline solution from the pump housing and through the pump shaft when the pump handle and thus the plunger is forced toward the distal end of the pump housing; an elongate flexible tube coupled at a first end to the pump handle, the elongate flexible tube receiving the saline solution from the container when the pump handle is depressed toward the pump housing; and a nozzle configured for mating with a nostril of a user, the nozzle coupled to a second end of the flexible tubing; whereby pumping the handle in a first direction away from the container causes the saline solution to flow from the container, through the inlet of the pump housing and into the pump housing and pumping the handle in a second direction toward the container causes the saline solution to flow from the pump housing through the pump shaft, into the pump handle, through the elongate flexible tube and through the nozzle; and whereby the amount of saline solution and pressure under which the saline solution exits the nozzle can be controlled by selectively applying downward force of the handle toward the container. |
